Gene wrote:
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:43:26 -0500, wrote:

Gene wrote:
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:28:18 -0500, Gene
wrote:


You would think wrong then. Well, I'll qualify that and say the police would
for sure make an arrest if there were witnesses. The DA might drop the
charges, but I wouldn't want to bet on it.

Let point to why I think you are wrong:

"In criminal law, theft is the illegal taking of another person's
property without that person's freely-given consent."

Note: NOT " another person's property." Therefore, Not Theft!

The boat wasn't on the street, it was in a locked, private, area.

Rob

Really? Not when I recovered MY boat..... sorry..... so , sue me......

Good for you. You got away with it.

Don't misunderstand me. I hate the bankruptcy bull****. I had a *cash*
claim for over $36,000 tied up for nearly four years. I ended up with
95% of that. That would be a great outcome for this type of situation
but the trustee, and their lawyers, cashed out for well over $100K. In
my discussions with them they predicted a 100% return but there were two
last-minute claims that they allowed. My bet is that they shot for a
100% payout and set their "expenses" accordingly. The last-minute
claims cost us all about 5%. They didn't lose a dime - and probably
made more. There is no oversight, that I can find, that limits their
costs or the amount of time they let it drag out.

Rob