the cops left a message on the answering machine...

[lagilman]

Some of you may recall that a little over a year ago we and several others on our street were robbed (sorry, burgled). I lost a lot of stuff, including my engagement ring and gold watch, not to mention my laptop.

We wrote it off on the insurance and went on with our lives.

Yesterday the cops called. The guy got turned in by his girlfriend. He's in jail, being charged with eighty (yep, 80!) counts of whatever-the-legal-term-is. They suspect it may be a LOT more when they're done investigating.

Sadly, all our stuff is long since pawned. But the guy's in jail. It does make me feel just a little bit better.

Yay ex-girlfriend who turned him in. I wish I could send her flowers.

Comments

[terri-osborne.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not perfect, but it's good news, anyway. Good on her for having the guts to turn him in. :)

Here's a thought. If they know the stuff's been pawned, there ought to be a way for them to trace it through to whoever the pawn shop sold it to. Then the pawn shop could get nailed for trafficking stolen property, and they might be able to recover said stolen property, confiscating it from whoever might have purchased it. (I'm not sure if they can confiscate it under NJ law, though.)

*shrug* It's a thought.

[lagilman]

There's apparently a law on the books that, after something like 90 days, if it's not claimed from a pawn shop as stolen goods, it's gone.

Seems fair enough to me -- protects the unsuspecting person who might buy it, but still gives the original owner time to go searching through pawn shops if you so desire. Does it protect pawn shop owners who might knowingly be buying stolen goods? *shrug* Nothing's perfect.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Justice is sweet.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Yay ex-girlfriend who turned him in. I wish I could send her flowers.

Might have been a tad more helpful if she found her spine a year ago, but yay for her doing it at all. And double-huzzah for the cops finally getting him!