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Old 11-09-2014, 11:57 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Are you guys legally obligated to help the cops?
Quoting the God Father: "...yes, when they make you an offer you can't refuse..."

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Old 11-10-2014, 12:34 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Ecomodder admins were once contacted by police on exactly that matter. The candidate had suffered sign pilferage, and lo and behold somehow found a photo of one of theirs stuck to a car in a build thread here in the forum!
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Old 11-10-2014, 09:23 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Quoting the God Father: "...yes, when they make you an offer you can't refuse..."
That's pretty much it!

And, no, they didn't make such an offer.
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Old 11-10-2014, 11:37 AM   #14 (permalink)
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That's pretty much it!

And, no, they didn't make such an offer.
Did they do the wheezing though? I would love to see that in an e-mail or letter.

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