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Although claiming how much of a saint he is.. He entered private property.. helped himself to items that benefited him financially, did not ask permission and got nailed.
Was this the first time he has ever done so? Doubtful.. probably just the first time he ever got caught!
The whole story? Have you ever taken something from the curb without asking for permission?Quote:
Originally Posted by sledge
Beyond the sidewalk.. on trash day.. no illegality. At least not where I live. Now if you pilfer the recycle bin that is marked with a company name.. you can get in trouble for that.. and that I have not ever done!Quote:
Originally Posted by sschind
The property that is beyond a sidewalk is the easement and is technically city property.. I get to mow it and maintain it, but when they wanted to come in and cut down my 60+ year old tree- I had no right to stop them.. because technically it is THEIR tree, not mine.
There is quite a difference between picking from the curb.. and waltzing up to a burned out shell of a building and helping yourself. All of us here know the line. We know when and where that line is. Are you questioning whether I know where the line is? Or are you unsure yourself?
I read it as he was curb shoppingQuote:
Originally Posted by sledge
Young drove to the neighborhood Aug. 15 and saw the washer and dryer in a pile of debris on a curb. Using his dolly, he loaded the two appliances onto his 1995 GMC truck, but he never entered the burned home.
returned to the house the morning of Aug. 16 and sifted through the debris. He pulled out the pipes and put them in his truck.
“I saw this barbecue grill near the pile, and the bottom of it had rotted out,” he said. “So I loaded that in the truck.”
Was the Debris: "the house" or the debris left on the curb?
Young, who has been a self-proclaimed junkman for 13 years, returned to the house the morning of Aug. 16 and sifted through the debris. He pulled out the pipes and put them in his truck.
I'm guessing this wasn't on the curb.
I'm guessing it was a gray area.. thus charges dropped.
Sounds like curb shopping to me.Quote:
Young drove to the neighborhood Aug. 15 and saw the washer and dryer in a pile of debris on a curb. Using his dolly, he loaded the two appliances onto his 1995 GMC truck, but he never entered the burned home, returned to the house the morning of Aug. 16 and sifted through the debris. He pulled out the pipes and put them in his truck.
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It seems to me to have been an unfortunate case of poor judgment but not a crime. If I had definitive proof that he entered the home, then I might change my mind, but the article did not say that. Of course, the truth will never be known by us as we were not there. One thing is for sure, he learned his lesson which, after all, is a large part of what the criminal justice system desires to achieve, so dropping the case seems to be the right thing to do.
this reminds me of abandoned places like warehouses docks parks building ect. stuff burnt or left to rot and fester with homeless. these places are gold mines for scrap but still someone owns them and are wasting the world away to let them sit and no matter how much this may p me off I still know that I cant just take the stuff they don't care about until I try and make money from the work they don't want to do.
I understand wanting to get something but that's why we have vocal cords is to ask to have the stuff he took inside. its like going into a burnt out bank and taking the safe filled with money lol now I do believe curbco is always fair game ,something actually by the trash not in the yard but that's me
Its sounds ''iffy' during his second return, he states he didn't see any yellow crime scene tape which would have been around the home correct? Its the ''sifted through the debris'' that I'm not sure if he meant the curb pile or the home pile.
NA: Indeed.. some things just don't add up. I'm figuring the prosecutor couldn't prove the case.. and because of his non-tarnished record.. they "let this one go"