Hit again...
This time they got the generator, GPS, binox, toolbox, magnagrill, fishing
poles, and a long list of miscellaneous items.
KRAP Now I have to go fight it out with the insurance.
--
Capt. Frank Hopkins

www.home.earthlink.net/~aartworks

Hi Frank: Your insurance company may require you to install an alarm. Many
of the boats in my Marina put alarms on their boats after thieves did their
dirty work on them. The 38 Chris., in the next slip to mine, has both a
motion detector and a pressure switch under the carpet. It works!! One
boater put a silent alarm on his boat and the thieves were caught red
handed.
They were local kids looking for booze.
Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield
"Capt. Frank Hopkins" wrote in message
ink.net...
Hit again...
This time they got the generator, GPS, binox, toolbox, magnagrill,
fishing
poles, and a long list of miscellaneous items.
KRAP Now I have to go fight it out with the insurance.
--
Capt. Frank Hopkins

www.home.earthlink.net/~aartworks

"Jim Carter" wrote in message
news
Hi Frank: Your insurance company may require you to install an alarm.
Many
of the boats in my Marina put alarms on their boats after thieves did
their
dirty work on them. The 38 Chris., in the next slip to mine, has both a
motion detector and a pressure switch under the carpet. It works!! One
boater put a silent alarm on his boat and the thieves were caught red
handed.
They were local kids looking for booze.

Did the captain call the cops, or did he do the right thing?

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Did the captain call the cops, or did he do the right thing?

Hi Doug: The alarm goes directly to the Security Company. They called the
cops. The patrol car was only 4 minutes away and arrived and caught the
kids on board the boat with a canvas bag almost full of stolen goodies.

The kids spent some jail time as this was on a Friday night and court opens
on Monday at 10:00 A. M.

This is in Canada and our cops are damn good. They scared the sh*t out of
those kids.

The parents of the kids had to make restitution for the damage to the boat
and to the others that were broken into before and then traced to these kids
by fingerprinting.

Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield

This makes a lot more sense than what happens most often here in the US-
the kids are set free without so much as a harsh word, their parents
sue the police, and the robbery victim pays double.

DSK

Jim Carter wrote:
Hi Doug: The alarm goes directly to the Security Company. They called the
cops. The patrol car was only 4 minutes away and arrived and caught the
kids on board the boat with a canvas bag almost full of stolen goodies.

The kids spent some jail time as this was on a Friday night and court opens
on Monday at 10:00 A. M.

This is in Canada and our cops are damn good. They scared the sh*t out of
those kids.

The parents of the kids had to make restitution for the damage to the boat
and to the others that were broken into before and then traced to these kids
by fingerprinting.

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
This makes a lot more sense than what happens most often here in the US-
the kids are set free without so much as a harsh word, their parents
sue the police, and the robbery victim pays double.

DSK

Boy aint that the truth.

Some teenage boy was caught on a boat at the local marina by another fellow
boater. He was apparently rifling thru the boat, setting things aside,
apparently to take. The kid didn't want to stick around while the police
were phoned, so the good Samaritan "held" the youth until police arrived.
The way I understand it, the guy blocked the dock with his body, and at one
point was holding on to the kids jacket. There was no struggling, hitting,
or fighting...the teen complied after just a few seconds.

When the police did arrive, they took the boy into custody, and called his
father. When the father showed up at the marina, and was told what happened,
the father blew up at the Samaritan, stating he had no right to hold/touch
his son, and he was going to sue him. The police did not interfere at all,
and even forced the Samaritan to supply the father with his personal
information. The teen was released to his father with no charges filed, but
the police said detectives would investigate further.

Now I don't know what eventually happened in that case, but how screwed up
is that!?

I teach my kids to respect adults and authority...I would have thanked the
man for holding my son there to take his medicine, and came down on him
twice as hard for trying to leave the scene. I mean, what does this teach
the offending youth? He's sitting there watching his own father defend his
illegal acts...what a piece of work.

They should make those kind of parents serve the time in jail with their
offspring.

--
It's just about going fast...that's all...

http://home.insight.rr.com/cgreen/

in the US-
the kids are set free without so much as a harsh word, their parents
sue the police, and the robbery victim pays double.

DSK.... Pertaining to law, and going OT momentarily, this (the following
article) could pertain to stealing a life. A copy and paste article straight
from Vineland, NJ.

Staff photos/Charles J. Olson, Richard Walsh, 45, and other supporters of
Michael
Albano protest on Friday outside of the Lipman Law building in Vineland. "I'm
out here to prove this wrong," said Michael's
father Nelson Albano.

Nelson Albano, father of the late Michael Albano pickets in front of the Lipman
Law building.

VINELAND -- Local attorney Gary Wodlinger said he did what he was
legally bound to do, and now he wants out.
The lawyer has been under fire since last week when he served the family of
Michael Albano with a five-count lawsuit that partially blamed the teenager for
his own death.

Albano was killed in a December 2001 accident when a drunk driver ran a red
light and plowed into his pickup truck at Park and West avenues.

Wodlinger said Friday he would spend the weekend drafting a motion requesting
permission to step down as the lawyer for James Calhoun, the passenger in the
drunk driver's car. Calhoun initiated the
lawsuit.

The attorneys' decision was applauded Friday afternoon by the cluster of
friends and family of Albano who were picketing
Wodlinger's Sixth Street law firm. But they wanted more than that.

They wanted Wodlinger to publicly acknowledge that 19-year-old Albano was an
innocent party in the crash that claimed his life and prompted lawmakers to
toughen penalties for repeat drunk drivers.

Albano's father, Nelson, coordinated the demonstration after Wodlinger authored
the civil lawsuit that noted Calhoun's injuries
were the result "of the negligence and carelessness" of his son.

"I'm out to prove this wrong," said the wind-whipped Nelson Albano, standing on
a sidewalk outside the law firm across from police headquarters. "I want my
son's name cleared."

Picketers carried signs with such messages as "All Money, No Morals"
and "This firm defends drunks." Passing motorists honked horns. Mayor Perry
Barse stopped by with encouraging words.
Nelson Albano thanked those who joined him standing in the cold by offering
hand warmers, hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies handmade by a supporter.


Wodlinger on Friday issued a statement that, in his opinion, Michael Albano
wasn't responsible for the accident. But, he explained, he was legally required
to put the question to a jury as part of a lawsuit to gain Calhoun access to
Personal Injury
Protection Benefits and Uninsured Motorist Benefits through the Unsatisfied
Claim and Judgment Fund.

The morning of the deadly crash, Calhoun was a passenger in a car driven by
Carlos Rosado, who was drunk at the time.

Rosado, who had several previous convictions for driving while intoxicated, is
now serving a 12-year prison term for the accident that took Albano's life.

Wodlinger met Calhoun days after the fatal crash when a relative referred him
to the firm. He recalled Calhoun had a fractured
shoulder and leg injuries and wasn't very forthcoming with information about
the case.

In fact, it was Calhoun's stepfather, who has since passed away, who presented
Wodlinger the case. "We undertook an investigation," Wodlinger said, explaining
the police reports weren't available.
Because the accident was fatal, the reports were forwarded to the Cumberland
County Prosecutor's Office. But the firm didn't get any additional information
from Calhoun.

"He never came back," said Wodlinger, adding he didn't see his client for two
years.

Because Rosado was uninsured, Wodlinger filed the civil suit to protect
Calhoun's legal interests, just beating the two-year statute of limitations.
"Failing to do so would be a breech of my duty to Mr. Calhoun," he said.

Wodlinger's suit named Rosado; his wife, Milagros; the estate of Michael
Albano; the N.J. Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund; and the state insurance
commissioner.

Wodlinger said he expected the Albanos' attorney would ask a judge to dismiss
Michael Albano's estate from the case. In fact, he said, he would have joined
that motion

Michael's parents, Nelson and Debbie Albano, were served with the suit two days
after watching Gov. James E. McGreevey sign Michael's Law, named in honor of
their son. The legislation mandates jail time for those convicted of three or
more DUI offenses.

It had taken the Albanos two years to nudge the law through the state
Legislature. "We won a battle," Nelson Albano said It was a short-lived
victory, he said, because the lawsuit devastated the family. The suit made them
angry. But the charge their son had been negligent and careless outraged them
and the
community, who had rallied around the couple after their loss.

A Jan. 24 Daily Journal article about the lawsuit flushed out Calhoun, who
visited Wodlinger's office Tuesday. At that time,
Wodlinger explained to his client that he would no longer be able to represent
him because of his uncooperative nature and for other reasons.

It will probably take Cumberland County Superior Court about a month to rule on
Wodlinger's request, he said. At that time, Calhoun may be given a timetable to
hire another lawyer or represent himself.

As for serving the Albanos with the suit two days after the signing of
Michael's Law, Wodlinger said that was unintentional. He acknowledged there was
no good time to serve the family. The suit was received by the court's Civil
Case Management Office Dec. 3, well before the Legislature passed Michael's
Law.

Nelson Albano said Friday he's pleased that Wodlinger is stepping away from the
case. But he wanted the attorney to publicly acknowledge his son was
innocent. "He's tarnished my son's name," Albano said.

Later in the day, Wodlinger clarified his position to say it's his opinion that
Michael Albano wasn't responsible for the accident.
That was all the Albanos had wanted to hear.

Nelson Albano shared Wodlinger's statement with the protesters, who cheered and
then hugged each other. After four hours of good-natured protest, they prepared
to head home to celebrate what they felt was yet another victory for Michael.

Originally published Saturday, January 31, 2004. The Daily Journal, Vineland,
NJ.

"Jim Carter" wrote in message
news

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Did the captain call the cops, or did he do the right thing?

Hi Doug: The alarm goes directly to the Security Company. They called
the
cops. The patrol car was only 4 minutes away and arrived and caught the
kids on board the boat with a canvas bag almost full of stolen goodies.

The kids spent some jail time as this was on a Friday night and court
opens
on Monday at 10:00 A. M.

This is in Canada and our cops are damn good. They scared the sh*t out of
those kids.

We could use some cops like that. Two weeks ago, I walked into the mens room
of my office building and found two half-burned rolls of toilet paper on top
of the toilet tank, and the hallway fire extinguisher, which had been used
to extinguish the mess. We have 4 psychologists on my floor, 3 of whom treat
children, so my first guess was that someone's kid got stupid and the parent
ran in & put out the fire. Cops came, but no results.

Last week, the same thing happened again. This time, I called the cops,
rather than let the building manager do it. I told them this was attempted
murder, not just arson, that I was in no friggin' mood for this crap, and
that they had 10 minutes to arrive and start interrupting therapy sessions,
before I did it for them. They did exactly that. But, when one of the cops
stopped by my office to explain the results, he said they weren't in any
position to pry into the doctor-patient privacy nonsense, even when a felony
has been committed. Sounds like nonsense to me. I called the town justice
for clarification. No response yet.

Capt. Frank Hopkins wrote:
Hit again...
This time they got the generator, GPS, binox, toolbox, magnagrill, fishing
poles, and a long list of miscellaneous items.
KRAP Now I have to go fight it out with the insurance.

That really sucks. It almost sounds like they targeted your boat because
you have a lot of nice stuff.

Ever thought about keeping a python or cobra aboard? That'd keep thieves
the heck away... and if not, then you have less food to buy for it...

Regards
Doug King

Hmmmm... On another group, A guy lamented his house burning down, taking
the boat and cars with it. He has to deal with the insurance company and
list all of the things lost.

Just last week, I took my Xmas present, a digital camera, and took pictures
of everything in the house. I put the data on two cd's and gave it to two
of my kids for back-up. Of course, I didn't take a single pix of the boats
or their goodies.

Another project..document everything aboard for insurance purposes.
regards, RichG