Theft by a friend of a friend... what to do?

[inkman996]

Thats about what I said Steve you can still forgive him and stay friends but the trust will be gone. I would assume the guy did not nor thought anything was going to happen which is why he took the chance in the first place. Total lack of judgement on his part but he wasn't being malicious. He should have had atleast enough common sense to secure anything visible that is valuable first but thats all in retrospect.

[Dottonedan]

there is no way this post can be real. Absolutely no way.

dude, I will never eat a banana again without thinking I'm giving it a hummer. . .this post has wrecked my life. . .

HA!  Well, you do have that clip art in your signature with the two guys sort of doing something odd. I figured you'd be ok with the story.  LOL.

Just poking fun at ya.  Oh.  Sorry. just "making" fun of ya.

[Dottonedan]

You know, after all that, did you stop to think that maybe, just maybe, they guy never had another mysterious guy at the house but actually took the guns himself and sold them?  People do odd stuff during desperate times, even those you know.

[Gilligan]

Sure it's possible, but there are other things of value that wouldn't be noticed as quickly. One if the guns he knows belongs at the shop so he'd know we would go right for it monday.

Plus my daughter had $1200 in cash in her bedroom.

[mk162]

i guess a good question is, do you guys not know of things called safes and banks?

[Gilligan]

We have a safe for documents... safe doesn't do much good for things that go bump in the night.  I keep larger amounts of cash in the safe... the daughter is 17 and doesn't want to deal with a bank.  She's a teenager, if you want to argue with her, I'll be glad to give you her number and you can have at it.  She made a joke about something silly at my expense last night and I batted the old "and why didn't you do the dishes yesterday? and her response was "whatever"... I was like "REALLY?!  you are going to take that approach to slacking on your chores?"  I know we were just joking around but I certainly wouldn't get flippant when called out on not doing my duties.  I might deflect and defer to something else but not get flippant.  These kids just don't get it.

Later her mom asked if she would watch the baby while we went in the shop to do some work and I said "of course she will... since she didn't do the dishes when she was supposed to".

To her credit, she did get them done as soon as she got home from school that day without having to be "reminded".  Little too late but still at least we didn't have to question her first.

[mk162]

i felt so grown up when I had a bank account.  I liked the freedom of not worrying about my money.

you could always shoot her laptop.

back to the topic at hand, is it possible his family didn't disown him simply because he was gay and rather a string of really bad choices like the one he made recently?  He might bot have been honest about the reason him and his family don't talk.  Just an idea.

[Gilligan]

His family is extremely messy... he's the black sheep of the family in a GOOD way.

He doest neighbor hood watch (he's the captain), he's a snitch for the cops (he's just always in everyones business).  The guy has had keys to my home, shop and business for over a year and has never done anything to make me question him.

[mk162]

the black sheep in a good way...that's funny, i know people like that.

Actually, one of my dad's good friends is that way.  When this guys' dad moved out, his uncle moved in.  He actually punched his uncle and knocked him down the stairs at age 16 in order to toss him out of the house..  He got out of there as fast as he could.

[Gilligan]

UPDATE!!

The detective got a confession out of him!

I don't get it... I guess he was high... why not cover your tracks better when you KNOW what you take will be discovered?!  Mysterious guy never existed... one of his neighbors apparently came in and took them.. then the accomplice sold the guns and gave my guy weed as his cut.

Don't get it... the guy was always clean before... strange situation.

So he got arrested (detective told him I was willing to drop charges so there is less backlash on me) and is now trying to get the other guy in hopes to find the guns (I'm not holding my breath on that   ).

[JBLUE]

UPDATE!!

The detective got a confession out of him!

I don't get it... I guess he was high... why not cover your tracks better when you KNOW what you take will be discovered?!  Mysterious guy never existed... one of his neighbors apparently came in and took them.. then the accomplice sold the guns and gave my guy weed as his cut.

Don't get it... the guy was always clean before... strange situation.

So he got arrested (detective told him I was willing to drop charges so there is less backlash on me) and is now trying to get the other guy in hopes to find the guns (I'm not holding my breath on that   ).

Drop charges your ass. Roast that F_cker. He lied right to your face. Give him the same respect back and f_ck him right back. I might be an ass_hole.....lol

[Prosperi-Tees]

Some things you don't let slide. I would've said maybe let it slide of he came upfront with the truth the first time around but since he didn't I say screw him

[Gilligan]

Maybe you misunderstood me.  The detective SAID I was willing to drop the charges.

But he was just making me look like the good guy and looking like the bad guy.  Charges were filed, he was arrested.

I live in the same neighborhood with this guy and the accomplice and their families.  I don't need backlash so if they can make it look like the parish (county) is the one doing the damage and I was trying to be "nice" then great.  I got a family to worry about.

[Prosperi-Tees]

Ok now I get it. You dropped the charges but the city/county is pressing charges. That makes sense.

[Gilligan]

No, I think it's still on me... but the detective made it seem like it wasn't me.

He didn't lie, he just misled.