[John_W]

In the past I've written on this board and mentioned to friends, if you're eating at one of the CC, don't park your cart with clubs in the car parking lot. It only takes seconds for a thief to steal your equipment, just pop the trunk of their car and away your stuff goes. Even better, you can buy a golf bag security system sold in the pro shops and always park in the golf cart lot.

https://golfthevillages.com/retail/i...er%20flyer.pdf

From Villages News June 25, 2019

A Villager’s son has been arrested in the theft of a woman’s golf clubs from a golf cart parked at Mallory Hill Country Club.

The woman parked her golf cart at 12:45 p.m. June 18 at the country club and when she came out about an hour later, she found that her golf bag, containing her clubs and other personal items, had been stolen.

At 2 p.m. that same day, the golf clubs were pawned for $333 at Play It Again Sports in Leesburg.

The clubs and other items were valued at $4,314. The bag had contained a TaylorMade M6 driver valued at $500, two Cobra Hybrids valued at $200 each, one TaylorMade M6 3W valued at $400, four TaylorMade M2 irons valued at $200 each, a TaylorMade Hi-Toe sixty degree wedge valued at $200, a Bushnell brand range finder with a blue gel case valued at $300, 50 golf balls, a Columbia brand rain jacket and matching pants, and Bionic brand left-handed golf gloves.

A deputy obtained the receipt for the pawned items and found that 44-year-old Andrew Lawrence Simpson, who lives with his mother at 564 Richburg St. in the Village of Mallory Square, had provided his driver’s license when he pawned the woman’s golf clubs.



Simpson was arrested at his mother’s home on a charge of grand theft. He was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center on $2,000 bond.

In 2015, Simpson was arrested after impersonating a dentist and phoning in a fraudulent prescription at Publix for Hydrocodone in his mother’s name. He was sentenced to probation.

[New Englander]

Another criminal loser living with mommy.

[Velvet]

Yikes! What about putting up posters to warn everybody?

[dewilson58]

$4,000...........wow, sounds a little padded............50 balls in the bag???

[Chi-Town]

Nice pic. Doesn't look much like a drug user at all. Probably makes his momma proud


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[Chatbrat]

The only good thing you can say about Hitler, was he didn't live with his parents--but they still believed he was a good boy

[karostay]

Looks like a trial for Judge Roy Bean

[Bay Kid]

I had my clubs stole several years ago. It isn't about the clubs, it is the violation feeling. So little money for such a risk. No fear of jail.

[anothersteve]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

...........50 balls in the bag???

All "water balls".
Steve

[NotGolfer]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

$4,000...........wow, sounds a little padded............50 balls in the bag???

NOTHING padded. The article says everything was located at Play It Again Sports. That "rag" is known for not reporting things correctly anyway. The golf-bag and clubs weren't what the 4k total was...there was clothing involved with that as well.

[Bogie Shooter]

Another great job by our local sheriff's departments.
They do a good job in nailing those golf club and golf cart thieves.

[Northwoods]

Note it said the golf clubs were sold to Play it Again Sports. It doesn't say the bag, range finder, 50 balls, etc. were recovered. There's a good chance the thief took them out of the bag and sold them separately.

[manaboutown]

Just another loser sponging off a parent. "But mijito is such a good boy."

I got it! In his mugshot he looks like a young Uncle Fester or an angry Donald Duck!

[tophcfa]

I can't think of many things that would anger me more than having my golf clubs stolen. However, I wouldn't mind catching that dirtbag attempting to steal my clubs. The sad part would be that I would probably wind up in worse legal trouble than the dirtbag golf club thief.

[CFrance]

Why would anyone with $4K worth of golf stuff leave it unlocked in a parking lot? This isn't Utopia; it's a normal "city."