The Cedar Rapids Police Department recovered this stolen car from the Cedar River along A Street SW on Saturday morning.
The car was stolen sometime early Saturday morning from a home on 15th Ave on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids.
Chadd Michael owns the car and says that everything was stolen from his car before it was driven into the Cedar River.
If you have any information on this case, call the Cedar Rapids Police at (319) 286-5491.
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says ... on Monday, Sep 14 at 1:17 PM
Wow Must be proud.
says ... on Thursday, Aug 6 at 1:02 PM
Anonymous has some things to learn about life, it sounds like.... perhaps she's got something to do with the car being taken, in the first place.... I think she most likely knows something about this... Mom of victim: Tell the CRPD about this person.
says ... on Thursday, Aug 6 at 8:41 AM
IP addresses are trackable and to think that I was the stupid one for one misspelled word. Now who is laughing-ME! I would say everyone should move on and not hold anymore grudges. Dont blame the victum and find who did it CRPD.
says ... on Thursday, Aug 6 at 8:36 AM
WOW!! To think that this was all because of a lover's quarrel and not on Chadd's part but an EX. Well Anonymous since we know who you are then maybe you can teach me how to spell since you were not smart enough to not use your own personal computer!
says ... on Wednesday, Aug 5 at 2:08 AM
This is very clear to see that the persons talking against this innocent victim is one who is hurting at the loss of this guy... Girl..little advice.. revenge is sweet...but Kharma..much sweeter.. Go find yourself another man and leave this one alone
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 9:21 PM
And Thank You "why dis"... apparently you are awesome at figuring out this kind of ppl!! Hats off to you all the way!! And... TCA... excellant idea!! Sure is funny how people don't realize how IP addresses can be tracked...huh Brit...get over chad
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 5:38 PM
To all reading this.. This annonymous.. we've proved is Chads ex.. She threatened him if he wouldn't speak to him no more, he would regret this.. and this is one of the possibilities we're looking into.. read her comments carefully..
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 5:35 PM
I do know my son very well.. He's a good guy with a heart..but he has a real problem with over jealous ppl..like you Britney...who can't stand a guy who can have friends as girls..get a life! let go of Chad. is this the regret you threatened him wit
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 3:03 PM
Viper Alarm...That's what I use. Shock sensors, motion sensors, 45 degree tilt sensor... I knew someone that had a shocking unit attached so if you pulled the door handle it put 150,000 vlts through you... Think about it.
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 1:46 PM
This has really turned into a pointless exchange between a bunch of keyboard warriors.
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 12:17 PM
Thank You Anonymous! Unless you what kind of a person someone TRULY is, then you have no room to make rude comments to the people who are stating the WHAT IFs about the situation. Apparently his own mother doesn't know him very well!!
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 10:23 AM
Furthermore, he's an attention wh*re that lacks basic common sense. If it's not one thing with him, it's another. I hope the CRPD fully investigates Chad. Of course if his car was actually stolen, I sincerely hope they find the person that did it.
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 10:17 AM
Some people need spell/grammar check REALLY BAD!!!
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 10:13 AM
Sandra: Perhaps you should learn to spell before calling other people stupid. Just a suggestion. To everyone else: All we're saying is that Chad doesn't have a history of being an honest, upstanding citizen. That's a fact that nobody can dispute.
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 7:43 AM
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a**hole. LOL are some of the ppl on here that want to excuse the victim of STEALING his own car! How stupid can you be...HONESTLY ppl can we get a LIFE! Quit hating and quit stalking! Get over yourselfs!!
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 7:07 AM
put yourself in his and his familys shoes, would u want to be attacked or have ur family attacked? if u were the victim of a crime? some of u have no lifes, or arent happy with ur own.
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 7:05 AM
Why would someone even think about attacking the victim? Come'on now? Its clear that if they were concerned that he planned it, or had anything to do with it, they would of already taken him in, so come'on people, get real. And show a lil remorse.
says ... on Tuesday, Aug 4 at 3:57 AM
i think people need to quit judging...its not your place. i also had my car stolen a few years back and it turned out to be from a so called friend!
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 10:13 PM
Yes there are truly some idiots here.. And like I told mr detective... some of the suspiciousness of Chads "stalkers" on this page... I'm sure we're prolly talking to one of them..lmao
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 10:11 PM
Well...soo... Ben..you into stealing cars are ya? hmmm.. And I'm sure..the people who did this...prolly thought it would go completely underwater... so they didn't worry bout prints..irregardless... we're going for it.. tht don't work..on to plan 2.
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 10:05 PM
Oh dear...i forgot...i better start posting under this name again before people think i stole my own car cause i post under a false name on a news site...LMFAO i do greatly apologize you guys for some of the stupidity on here HAHAHA
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 10:03 PM
3===DO: <--- BEN LOL prints/no prints...its just a car people haha and (WOW) if you hadnt been paying attention, i didnt have insurance on the car sooooo making a "fast insurance claim" isnt the case...WOW some people on here are stupid LOL
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 9:36 PM
So, unless you wiped your car completely clean before you parked it for the night, then all the cops are going to find is your greasy smudgy cheeto fingerprints all over everything, and a glove print from the criminal who knows better.
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 9:34 PM
Well since the Fokker family seems to think they are Crime Scene experts, let me educate you with my ACTUAL crime scene experience. Cars are THE HARDEST things to pull prints from. Theres prints EVERYWHERE on cars, including your own 100 of times
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 9:30 PM
Someone, you take the idiot of the year award of course they stole the stereo before trying to dump it. If you're really that stupid please don't vote or even attempt to cross the street on your own.
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 9:26 PM
Idiots, no insurance, 2 car payments, 1 car. People laugh at funerals. It's self preservation. Being an angry A-hole won't change it. Besides he's been through worse. Laughing is healthy medicine.
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 9:16 PM
My truck was stolen inside a secured community with gates and a guard. There's no neighborhood in CR you can't steal from. Duh some of the stupidity on here makes me wonder if you carry a sign to warn people when approaching you. "Careful I'm stupid"
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 5:44 PM
I think its the stupidity of CR ppl thats bringing this town down. You all dissing this kid that had his car stolen..wow.. kharma will get ya!! Just wait till you're violated... ha.. maybe you'll get told it was YOUR fault...
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 5:40 PM
Progress report..be worried!! They didn't want picketing outside the station..so they are finger printing tomarrow... Some of you...may start to worry now!!
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 5:30 PM
Can u say wth? did he change his last name? wasn't it micheal? now folkers? i am confused... yet i will conclude that 15th ave does have a dark side... so never, ever, trust a sole u dont know. Wow fast insurance claim to get another one that quick
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 4:41 PM
There may be something to this story here.. the annonymous one.. knew info about this..without even knowing his last name...hmmmm... how'd you find his info??
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 4:19 PM
...gonna do it again!? Oh, and fingerprints...look at the pic dumba**, the door handle and everything that wouldve been touched... ISNT UNDER WATER!!
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 4:18 PM
Yeah its a b*** h when something happends that your bothered by LMFAO sounds like someone knows more than they are sharing...owell, time to work, go to bed and get another car tomorrow.
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 4:13 PM
To all the beleivers and people paying city taxes for protection.. I will add... we received a call from CRPD and said no prints were found due to water.. I confirmed with Pro Tow..no one has yet to even walk in the yard!! Anyone with some pull???
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 4:10 PM
Oh I will say also... I ended up in jail over this situation..and I'll garantee you that theres no way Chad would allow his mother to go to jail on something he did... Whats your name btw...lol
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 4:03 PM
To all the ignorance on here.. This is the mother.. who was sitting 25 ft from where car was taken.. and 10 ft from where her son was sleeping... Get a life!! Maybe you're the one who did it??
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 4:00 PM
...or did u think they got into the car by popping the hood... LMFAO!! Ohh...and hi brooke ;p LOL
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 3:58 PM
what am I getting out of driving my car into the river besides a car payment on something I no longer own...LOL let's think about that one...and looks like I have some haters out there haha yayyy I'm doin my job :p and karma?
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 3:57 PM
Haha these comments are too funny :) but a few questions for someone that obviously has no clue what they are talking about...LOL "buyers remorse" let's see here... No insurance,
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 2:52 PM
Car thieves all over this country steal vehicles rid them of almost everything of value and then dump them in rivers and lakes to get rid of the evidence. It happened to me in Arizona while moving. I stopped for dinner lost everything I owned.
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 2:45 PM
Oh I don't know, what's the reason to put a car you just stole into the river, what's the reason your car was stolen the day the 1st payment was due, with no insurance? People are stupid. If this story added up a little better people wouldn't ? it.
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 1:51 PM
I live just up the Ave and keep a keen eye out during the night. The apartments I live in are run down and ignorant scum have been moving in. Wouldn't surprise me if they stole it.
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 1:39 PM
just because the stuff was taken out before it was put in the river doesnt mean anything. obviously a theif is going to take everything out before he trashes the car otherwise what was the point of stealing it?? do you people even read your comments?
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 10:37 AM
Also how convient that everything was taken out of the car before it was put into the river. Obviously somebody really dislikes him, or he did it himself, I've known him to get very drunk and do EXTREMELY stupid things so it wouldn't surprise me!
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 9:59 AM
I think Anonymous has a little bit of a grudge against Chadd Micheal!! Maybe we need to investigate you and see where you were the morning of the 1st of August!! Obviously you know him!! To look at his profile on FB to spy on him is even lower!!
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 8:53 AM
Hey, I owe more on my car than it's worth...Someone come steal my car and put in the river...don't tell me you're going to do it though, I don't want to go to jail for ins. fraud.
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 1:06 AM
LIVED ON THAT RIVER MY WHOLE LIFE!! NEVER SAW ANYTHING PARKED QUITE LIKE THAT ON THE BANK AFTER BEING DRUG DOWN STREAM, AROUND AND ABOUT THE BANK THERE!!?? DR. COP
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 12:16 AM
Oh yeah And Chadd u r sooooooooooooo Hott!!!!!!!!!!!!
says ... on Monday, Aug 3 at 12:14 AM
That sucks big bucks it is just gettin more and more GHETTO out here no matter where u live
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 10:12 PM
LOL this is the greatest thing i have read all day. that mother trucker deserves whatever he has happen to him. karma baby karma!!!!! oh and he's a def pathological liar, so make sure you investigate him too!!!
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 7:56 PM
The police aren't doing any fingerprinting... PROBABLY BECAUSE THE CAR WAS UNDERWATER. Come on people... You really think the cops have nothing better to do than investigate a stolen car worth 500 dollars?
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 7:24 PM
Straight from his Facebook page: "Chadd Michael wrote at 12:42pm Yeah it was a decent lil car, wish I had it long enough to make a payment on it tho...my first payment was due the day my car was stolen...LOL" LOL? Really?
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 7:00 PM
what? payments? anonymous? driven into the river? no witness? stolen from A ave? I'd love to help, but, i have no idea where to start, except look for his buddies that messed with him when they were wasted. check business cams for help.
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 6:42 PM
Who said anything about it being stolen on the day of the first payment?
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 5:26 PM
How interesting that the car was stolen on the day it's first payment was due and there was no insurance after having it nearly a month. This sounds like a case of buyer's remorse if you ask me.
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 3:17 PM
Hey Chadd... maybe you can still get the cash for clunkers thing lol... really i am truly sorry about your car, just trying to help ya think positive!
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 12:25 PM
i dont think the owner had anything to do with it...hed have to be really stupid to sink his transportation...i mean really, really, stupid. unfortunately with not much evidence, they are going to have a hard time. but...theres always that hope.
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 11:13 AM
Seems too easy. And no one knows anything really? Stealing a car on that road would have to be kind of hard. I really hope the police investigate all parties involved including the owner.
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 11:00 AM
That stinks! I hope they find out who stole it!
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 10:56 AM
poor chadds car :(
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 10:53 AM
The police are not at this point doing any fingerprinting...but we're here to change that.. Anyone having any info would be great! If they're brass enuf to take this off a busy street and dump in daylight...whats next??
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 10:37 AM
the car was stolen yesterday (aug 1st) between 1:30am and 7am from 15th ave SW. make and model of the car was a Nissan 200sx, the car was found a quarter mile down the bike trail from the entrance the the landfill on Ast SW at 9am yesterday morning.
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 10:24 AM
Oh wow, that sucks!
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 10:18 AM
lol this looks like my car, oh wait, it is (was) my car...cop says "it definately floated here from down river" LOL yeah riiiight buddy but thanks for trying to do your part :)
says ... on Sunday, Aug 2 at 10:09 AM
Maybe if some more details were provided.... When was the vehicle stolen? From where was it stolen? What is the make and model of the vehicle?
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