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Old 02-09-2012, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ajbrown View Post
This is exactly right. I went through this about 3 years ago when my golf clubs were stolen from Mallory. They were found in Ft Myers and I had to pay to get back the ones recovered. In the end the thief ended up paying me back as part of his plea-sentence.
This begs the question that what do the police use for evidence if they don't recover the stolen items to use in court? How do they prosecute the person without evidence at trial? Then you simply claim the stolen items (at least this is how it works in most of the real world I'm familiar with).
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