Former Employee Robbed Me Yesterday

By prosecuting this thug to the fullest extent, you are not only helping yourself, you're helping the coin community at large. One can only speculate as to what merchandise he's stolen in the past.

Having worked in the criminal justice system, I humbly urge you to NOT be wishy-washy about the charges as this sends the wrong signals to those who seek to protect the public. Ask the DA for an "Order of Protection" to keep the thug at a distance AND, if granted, do not hesitate to report the least infraction of such an order, even a phone call. If there is eventually some conditional sentence ordered, ask the DA to attach conditions to the effect that the subject will refrain from attending any coin shows, frequenting any coin shops, coin clubs and/or any other numismatic gatherings. Then, any violation of such an order could result in the revocation of the conditional sentence, resulting in incarceration. IMHO, considering the nature of this offense, such conditions are quite reasonable.

Ok so here it is. I did file with the police when I first posted. The reason I hesitated was I honestly thought when confronted, he would bring them back. Then when he started with the demands, thats when I filed. I showed the police the text messages who in turn ahowed detectives. Two detectives were assigned ti the case. One if them called him while I was sitting with him. They gave him the option of bringing the coins to the police station and explaining further why he did it, OR dont bring them and he will be charged. Guess what he chose? He told the police office to go screw himself and hung up! So they went to his home and he was arrested. While there, he gave everything back to police except 2 gold $20 coins. When asked where they were he said he didnt know. Police found a fedex receipt from 8 pm last night for a box going to florida. He admitted that the package was intended for his cousin. The police contacted the cousin to ask what was being sent. The cousin said "jewelry" Fed ex was contacted and the package is being returned. They said if its the coins there is a slew of charges he can face for mailing them. I am very pleased how it was handled by the police. They charged him with theft, trespassing, extortion and hindering an investigation. I pressed full charges even though he began crying that he has a wife and kids. I felt terrible even though he did this. The police are holding everything until court in september.

You are probably doing his wife and kids a favor...don't feel bad

Don't feel bad about pressing charges, he's using the wife and kids to try and tug at your heartstrings. He didn't think of them when he stole the coins in the first place, why should you feel bad about seeing him prosecuted for crimes he committed?

Seems very reckless to have posted this on a public forum. Good way to get into a slander suit.

Can they get him on mail fraud, too? How much did he think you owed him? Was it even close to 80k?

He said he thought he desrerved around $500 in compensation for something he never did, an outside vendor did. But because he knew them he was entitled to a percent. Unreal. He also took one if my wifes watches and gave it to his as a gift last night. People are so messed up