This was forwarded to me by other hams. I believe it to be legitimate information. Contact Ft. Worth Police if you have information on this radio. Message follows:
Please share with other hams, just released this morning from Ft. Worth PD
> Subject: Please pass on to all HAMS.
> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:39:52 -0600
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> One of my Officers found a radio in a pawn shop, the pawner has some
> suspicious pawns and he is not a licensed radio operator. The radio is
> a Yaesu FT-817 QRP Transceiver, the serial is 0N150301. All the 0s in
> the serial are numbers not o as in ocean. Could you ask them to see if
> one of these radios was stolen during October? We are trying to check
> with Yaesu to see if they can locate whom they sold the radio to.
>
> Please contact me off line if this might be yours....
> Thanks Julie
>
> *Julie Garriety*
> *Crime Analyst *
> *FT Worth Police *