C2E2 Thief Caught! 2 2

[deadleg]

What a scumbag. 

Edited March 26, 2019 by deadleg

[Guardian Comics]

9 hours ago, c_mkv said:

Real life superhero that “Guardian” guy....nice catch 

 

you two have a lot of good karma coming your way I hope

I was 100 feet away when I saw what could have been the back of his head.  Sprinted from the SharpComics booth to get in front of him, saw that the face was the one that Brad did indeed text me and followed him as to not lose him while calling Brad.  Brad relieved me and continued to follow him while I got Stephen Ritter and he led Brad to the daughter, where Stephen and I were instructed by Brad to what was happening.  So we made sure the daughter and son didn’t make a break for it.  While Brad continued to follow him as well as round up security and the police.  Eventually he came back to the daughter and then was asked by security/police to open the bags.  His first defence was he was off his meds and didn’t know what he was doing.  

We could make out the price stickers of Dale, WW, and Christina’s but nobody was sure of the other two sets of price stickers.  So once he was taken into custody, Eric (Iceman) and I did some detective work and started looking at some of the smaller dealers price stickers and bagging system/practices.  Anyways after doing two or three aisles we were able to figure out the other two dealers whom the books belonged to and after instructing security the other two dealers got their books back.  It was a fun Saturday afternoon for these two Canadian kids

Jim

[kav]

12 minutes ago, Guardian Comics said:

I was 100 feet away when I saw what could have been the back of his head.  Sprinted from the SharpComics booth to get in front of him, saw that the face was the one that Brad did indeed text me and followed him as to not lose him while calling Brad.  Brad relieved me and continued to follow him while I got Stephen Ritter and he led Brad to the daughter, where Stephen and I were instructed by Brad to what was happening.  So we made sure the daughter and son didn’t make a break for it.  While Brad continued to follow him as well as round up security and the police.  Eventually he came back to the daughter and then was asked by security/police to open the bags.  His first defence was he was off his meds and didn’t know what he was doing.  

We could make out the price stickers of Dale, WW, and Christina’s but nobody was sure of the other two sets of price stickers.  So once he was taken into custody, Eric (Iceman) and I did some detective work and started looking at some of the smaller dealers price stickers and bagging system/practices.  Anyways after doing two or three aisles we were able to figure out the other two dealers whom the books belonged to and after instructing security the other two dealers got their books back.  It was a fun Saturday afternoon for these two Canadian kids

Jim

Arent the books evidence?  How can he be tried for anything if all the evidence is gone?  He brought daughter AND son to the fest??  What kind of person is this???  

Oh golly I'm off my meds-this made me confused-so confused I was able to cunningly steal from several vendors and peel off stickers and resell to other vendors-oh and my kids were also confused/off their meds-we were just utterly confused and bumbling around accidentally doing all this stuff-

There should be some criminal conspiracy charges which I believe are more serious than theft charges.  I've been told if 2 people conspire to commit a misdemeanor, thats a felony.

Edited March 26, 2019 by kav

[jcjames]

14 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

51,

51.

You'd think someone who was more than half a century old would have gotten his shart together by now.

Conservative guess - 99.999% chance this was not this scumbag's first rodeo.

 

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

3 minutes ago, jcjames said:

Conservative guess - 99.999% chance this was not this scumbag's first rodeo.

 

 

I think that's clear, since he had a system in place...

[JollyComics]

34 minutes ago, Guardian Comics said:

I was 100 feet away when I saw what could have been the back of his head.  Sprinted from the SharpComics booth to get in front of him, saw that the face was the one that Brad did indeed text me and followed him as to not lose him while calling Brad.  Brad relieved me and continued to follow him while I got Stephen Ritter and he led Brad to the daughter, where Stephen and I were instructed by Brad to what was happening.  So we made sure the daughter and son didn’t make a break for it.  While Brad continued to follow him as well as round up security and the police.  Eventually he came back to the daughter and then was asked by security/police to open the bags.  His first defence was he was off his meds and didn’t know what he was doing.  

We could make out the price stickers of Dale, WW, and Christina’s but nobody was sure of the other two sets of price stickers.  So once he was taken into custody, Eric (Iceman) and I did some detective work and started looking at some of the smaller dealers price stickers and bagging system/practices.  Anyways after doing two or three aisles we were able to figure out the other two dealers whom the books belonged to and after instructing security the other two dealers got their books back.  It was a fun Saturday afternoon for these two Canadian kids

Jim

What a great teamwork despite getting through a overcrowding!!

Edited March 26, 2019 by JollyComics

[theCapraAegagrus]

11 hours ago, kav said:

I'll say it again-watch for people with head on a swivel to see if theyre being observed!!  Real buyers look at the books-thieves keep looking around.

You're not wrong.

There's a certain body language for guilt. The "head on a swivel" body psychology is a thief's telltale of 'protecting' themselves from getting caught or being confronted.

[Cobbledclam]

Yes it's great that one of the vile lowdown varmints that continue  to ruin the good times and attempts for mostly decent folk to make a living is caught. But what about the ones that get away??? Especially this guy!

He steals my heart every time I see him....so dreamy!😍😍😍🙈😁😍❤️🙈🐿💨

rough hombre!

[Cobbledclam]

And on a serious note....

What were some of the items stolen? Is there a list? Possibly some of the stolen books had already been resold to an honest decent dealer that might have unknowingly purchased stolen property. How much cash was the thief carrying when he was busted?

[jason4]

21 hours ago, Lazyboy said:

I thought the thieves were sneakily grabbing comics, not robbing dealers at gunpoint. Or maybe you meant they would catch them when they left because of the staples?

Seriously, WTF?

I’d prefer if people cannot just walk in with guns either.  Do you even watch the news ?  We live in a scary world with crazy people And there’s huge crowds in these cons. I hope to God nothing bad ever happens. 

Edited March 26, 2019 by jason4

[musicmeta]

FANTASTIC this LOW life S C U M Bag was caught! I say fine him 500K and put him away for a long time! Jeez, got his daughter involved! How low can you get these days! 

[ThothAmon]

At first I wondered what his eBay Id is. After reading his story id guess he doesn’t have the mental horsepower  

[tv horror]

21 hours ago, kav said:

He brought daughter AND son to the fest??

It's possible they were coerced into helping him maybe he was abusive? Well done Jim the World needs more honest people. 

Edited March 27, 2019 by tv horror

[kav]

6 minutes ago, tv horror said:

It's possible they were coerced into helping him maybe he was abusive? Well done Jim the World needs more honest people. 

Maybe @Guardian Comics can comment on ages of his offspring/henchmen.

[thehumantorch]

On 3/25/2019 at 8:48 AM, Iceman399 said:

Basically there was about a half dozen dealers.  Worldwide is the reason he was caught, he texted a number of us his photo.  Jim saw him walking the floor and followed him while another member got Stephen.  His MO was to steal a whack from a vendor and bring them back to his daughter, they would then peel stickers off and sell some of the books back to other vendors.  When he was caught his backpack was stuffed with about a 3/4 of a short box, all books taken were raw (that everyone knows of).  Vendors who he took from include but by no means limited to:
Dale, WorldWide, Kristina's, and a couple others that I don't know their booth name.

Glad they caught this POS.  He's probably been doing it for years.  He's sure setting a good example for his daughter.

[kav]

12 minutes ago, thehumantorch said:

Glad they caught this POS.  He's probably been doing it for years.  He's sure setting a good example for his daughter.

He did end up setting a good example, tho-steal and you go to jail.

[VintageComics]

On 3/25/2019 at 7:46 PM, Lazyboy said:

On 3/25/2019 at 5:45 PM, jason4 said:

Metal detectors

I thought the thieves were sneakily grabbing comics, not robbing dealers at gunpoint. Or maybe you meant they would catch them when they left because of the staples?

Seriously, WTF?

Every single person entering the show (dealers and exhibitors) had to be screened through security including bag searches and metal detectors.

[thehumantorch]

10 minutes ago, kav said:

He did end up setting a good example, tho-steal and you go to jail.

Good point.  Let's hope it's a very good example with some serious consequences.

[kav]

2 minutes ago, VintageComics said:

Every single person entering the show (dealers and exhibitors) had to be screened through security including bag searches and metal detectors.

aha so it's not such a  idea after all.   

[kav]

1 minute ago, thehumantorch said:

Good point.  Let's hope it's a very good example with some serious consequences.

Yes let's hope they dont just drop charges like happens with many TV stars....