---
title: "Ohio Cops Find Suspicious Ford Crown Victoria Full of Mad Max-Style Weapons"
description: "Amateur filmmakers, doomsday preppers, and ancaps take heed: Don't be caught skulking around abandoned buildings with a car full of weapons."
date: "2018-11-08"
modified: "2019-05-27"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/24796/ohio-cops-find-suspicious-ford-crown-victoria-full-of-mad-max-style-weapons"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "Ford News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Ford"
  - "Mad Max"
  - "Movie Cars"
  - "Ohio"
  - "police"
  - "police cars"
---

# Ohio Cops Find Suspicious Ford Crown Victoria Full of Mad Max-Style Weapons

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An unnamed individual was detained by police and their vehicle was searched after being spotted prowling an abandoned property with weaponry.

According to a social media post by law enforcement of East Liverpool, Ohio, the department responded to a call from a concerned citizen who spotted a suspicious individual poking around an abandoned property owned by a local florist. Officers that arrived on the scene found a [Ford Crown Victoria](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/24603/the-last-ford-crown-victoria-interceptor-is-retiring-from-the-vermont-state-police>) with a faded police livery and an individual with "a very large knife," whom they took into custody before commencing a search of the vehicle.

Officers photographed the search of the suspect's Crown Vic, which looks outfitted for a supporting role in the next *Mad Max* film. Inside the vehicle, officers found a loaded handgun, magazines, a box of ammunition, and empty shell casings.

![message-editor%2F1541707091930-fc1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541707091930-fc1.jpg>)
*East Liverpool Police Department*

![message-editor%2F1541707105601-fc2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541707105601-fc2.jpg>)
*East Liverpool Police Department*

![message-editor%2F1541707053160-fc5.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541707053160-fc5.jpg>)
*East Liverpool Police Department*

![message-editor%2F1541707069299-fc3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541707069299-fc3.jpg>)
*East Liverpool Police Department*

![message-editor%2F1541707060345-fc4.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541707060345-fc4.jpg>)
*East Liverpool Police Department*

Additional ranged weapons discovered in the vehicle included a crossbow and an air rifle. A starter pistol was also discovered in the footwell next to ski goggles and a pair of shoes.

![message-editor%2F1541707301287-fc11.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541707301287-fc11.jpg>)
*East Liverpool Police Department*

![message-editor%2F1541707310509-fc10.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541707310509-fc10.jpg>)
*East Liverpool Police Department*

![message-editor%2F1541707318596-fc8.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541707318596-fc8.jpg>)
*East Liverpool Police Department*

Multiple modified baseball bats were found in the vehicle, one with two circular saw blades bound around the barrel, the other encrusted in bottle caps. A plethora of knives, a flag that appears to have been fashioned into a spear, and a club were also present.

![message-editor%2F1541707561771-fc9.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541707561771-fc9.jpg>)
*East Liverpool Police Department*

![message-editor%2F1541707576545-fc6.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541707576545-fc6.jpg>)
*East Liverpool Police Department*

Small details suggest this vehicle and its contents could belong to an aspiring independent filmmaker, rather than a domestic terrorist. Crime scene tape labeled "ZOMBIE," rubber rats, and a repainted Nerf gun more closely resemble low-budget film props than the property of a [doomsday prepper](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/8175/the-mighty-265000-earthcruiser-4x4-is-a-preppers-fantasy-machine>). Presence of a handicap placard and a vape pen only serve to further imply that this is simply a vehicle customized by someone who has played too much *Fallout*.

![message-editor%2F1541707850722-fcheroalt.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1541707850722-fcheroalt.jpg>)
**East Liverpool Police Department**

The ELPD has yet to publish a report of the incident to its website, and told *The Drive* that its official account "may take a few days." *The Drive* will keep an eye out for department releases to determine whether the owner of this car was dismissed with a warning or [spent a night in jail](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/24785/texas-woman-wearing-giant-dog-head-leads-houston-cops-on-car-chase-after-alleged-robbery>). Either [will serve](<https://www.couchbase.com/solutions/field-service>) as a lesson on attracting the general public's suspicion.

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)