Well, just a quick update. I got a call from the police last night. They ask I come down to the station. They went to my ex-friend's house and questioned him and he returned "SOME" of the items stolen. He told the police that I left them there for him to photograph to sell on eBay. I told the cop this was simply not true.That I didn't even have these items on my list because I hadn't notice these were stolen as well. These items returned were in the same box of the other stuff. Its like he picked through them and gave them back just to shut me up and chose what he saw fit to return.
I'm not sure if I mentioned this (I've turned to alot of people and can't remember who I say what to anymore)But Monday night he put up on ebay a set of glasses that was in my garage about a month and a half ago. I notified ebay and I am still waiting to hear from them. Well, the auction ended Wednesday night and sold for $26. I printed this out and gave to the officer. She questioned him and he said they were his. For some reason he has decided NOT to sell these to the winning bidder and hold them. I found this odd for someone who claims they own them to not sell them. I think he knows that if I can prove they are mine and he goes through with the sale that he may be kicked off of ebay as well as make things more difficult for himself. Then again, the officer may have suggested he do this. I'm not sure
What I find interesting is I confronted him last week and he said he had NOTHING of mine. Now, yesterday he finds about 10 items of mine that he returns. There is NO WAY I would have left these with him. This is not a book or a cd but something that is worth alot of money.
The Cop is handing this over to a detective. I think its her way of saying theres nothing more I can/want to do about this.She told me not to give up on this that there is still hope. She took a statement from his which he signed. She said if any of this stuff appears and we have a written statement, we add another charge of falsifying a police statement. That attached to breaking an entering (or as they call it now home invasion)and 2nd degree grand larceny (I think)
I am getting the word out. Thats all I can do at this point. I have a list made up and all I have to do is make copies. I plan on hitting the pawn shops, antique stores, and calling some auction houses as well.I hope he sold something already and that someone see's that its stolen and notifies me. At this point its all I have.Its a long shot. A REAL long shot. I have been told to file an insurance claim to get something back by some friends. However, I fell if I settle for that that I am dropping the case. What happens if I get a check form the insurance company, cash it and two months later I find more stuff of mine? DO I still have a case? I know I can't wait to long to file a claim, but at the same time I want to keep this investigation open. Maybe the insurance company can begin an investigation as well.Anyone know anything about this?
I also plan on telling the detective that this guy has stolen from his boss. I have some print outs of new drills in the box that his boss sells and he has sold them for atleast 3 or 4 years for about $150-200 each. I would say he sells about 6 or 7 a year. I showed his boss and he was not interested. I think my ex-friend told him some story like they were fake or something. I left them with the boss but I bet he tossed them. I hope the detetctive will look into this and question the boss on why he would ignore me when I presented hard proof that these were stolen. I know they were stolen because when I confronted my ex-friend I had them with me. I was not sure they were stolen was suspicious. All I did was take it out of a folder and show him and he freaked out. He said, "No! You can;t do this! I'll be fored! I'll loose my job! PLease, I have a family to support!" Now, I'm not detective but that does not sound like an innocent man to me. I see it as an admission of guilt. I hope the detective see's this and investigates it.
This person also borrowed some dvds of mine that were bootlegs. I loaned them to him because I thought he was friend whom I could trust. Turns out he made copies and opened a different account on ebay and was selling them. I found out and repoted it to ebay but it took them about 3 months to act on it. I didn't tell him I knew what he was doing because this guy is nuts. I didn;t want to cross paths with him. I thought I would go behind the lines and keep my nose out of it and drop a tip to ebay that this guy was selling copyrighted material on ebay. Well, they suspended him. His new account was terminated but his old account which is still active was not. He had to pay a fine and they reinstated him. I hope if ebay gets word that the same guy with just a different user id is selling stolen goods and I have filed this with my local law enforcement that they may take some action like kicking him off for good. Of course, if this detetcive can pursuade the boss to press charges it will help me alot. Sorry to rample on people!
I have recieved so much support and helpful advice from memebers here. I thank everyone for their private messages and encouragement. It has meant nore than you know. Thnaks again!!!
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