Just googled his name and it turns out this scumbag won a few local bass tourneys back in 2006! Man the guys on our local forum will sure want to know about this. What a piece of garbage! So he's not only a thief but a fellow fisherman.

Good to hear! Glad you got some of your stuff back, hope the guy gets significant jail time!

No one wnts to face it but I bet alot of the
Thefts at fork are fishermen. of course the methheads
get thier share......

Im not surprised he fished

How come you have the stuff? It is property of the insurance company if you made a claim.

No it's not. It is my property. The claim has nothing to due with the fact it is my property. This is new evidence AFTER the fact.

Also, I am still out some $3,000 that was NOT covered by the claim. I sort of low-balled the action number in the OP. The amount of loss was significantly more.

It all worked out well. I also will be going for more after the guy besides jail time, restitution and a few other local ordinances that I can pursue.

As a judge I would love to say it would be jail but I can tell you that jail is doughtful unless he has been convicted before of a serious crime. The DA's office will not be to concerned about hard time for this kind of case. Especially in Cal.. As mad as it makes me and I am only a JP these type crimes at best may get ten years probation and fines. The DA's office may not even accept the case but I hope they hang the turd.

LOL!

And he has been convicted before, he is actually ON Probation currently. So I think the guy is out of chances hopefully! People will continue to do these terrible crimes if no one punishes them, they'll think they can just get away with it and a slap on the wrist is nothing to them.

My friend said a crazy crazy statement today but in some ways it's true...

"I can deal with drunks, drug addicts and other lowlifes but when it comes to stealing from others, being a thief is the most deceitful, despicable scum on the earth... he should be cast out to the bottom of the lake!" (quote- my friend, not me lol).

I hope he gets it all but I bet he don't. I set in on courts all the time and yes he might be on probation but I see it alot where they just add time to his probation and reset them to supervision. Unless he it is violent crime it will be plead to probation extension. Obama's releasing non violent offenders across Texas everyday because of crowding in the jails.

Yup. I bet this guy don't do any more than 6 months if he does that. It's unfortunate but we got a lot of thieves among us. So many that we can't lock em all up.

what a dumba$$ for sellin the stuff where he stole it!!

The claim does have something to do with your property...they paid you for your lost property. You need to notify the insurance company ASAP. They might sell you some of their propery. They will also need the guys name for subrogation.