Stolen Gear Alert

kevinkan · Joined: 07 Jun 2001 Posts: 1661 Location: San Francisco

Local SF Bay windsurfer, John Newman, had his vehicle stolen last night with all his gear inside in the Glen Park area of SF. Please be on the lookout for his gear which could end up on the open market.

Items of note:

Two custom Nelson boards: one red, one grey... both have his name on it which will probably be scratched out
Two Maui Sails carbon booms 170-230 (older models w/ dark blue grip)
Ezzy Panther LTD sails in red/black color way
NoLimitz masts
DaKine T-6 Harness red w/ blue AirWave back pouch w/ radio

Thanks.

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

I hope CA's laws do more to deter such problems than WA's do. Auto thieves get no jail time until their 6th or 7th conviction, and if we use a weapon to protect our property WE go to prison. We can't even walk out and confront or photograph the thieves, and putting a Claymore mine under the driver's seat is frowned on. We're supposed to just bend over and take it.

That reminds me; I want to record all my serial numbers and write or engrave my name on everything not already recorded or marked. Some time this winter ...

Please pass on to us whether his homeowners' insurance helps at all. That may motivate more of us to take greater security measures.

sinusoidal · Joined: 23 Feb 2009 Posts: 37

Sorry to hear about your loss. Assuming the thieves just wanted the car/truck, the gear might have gone into a dumpster somewhere in the city. Any benefit to contacting the trash haulers for that area?
An ignition kill switch sure seems like a bargain now.

spennie · Joined: 13 Oct 1995 Posts: 975 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA

ISOBARS: You can photograph ANYONE, ANYWHERE that isn't private, and where they don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy, i.e. their home or fenced back yard. You also can't interfere with the police, although it's perfectly legal to film their actions from a safe distance. You should already know this, aren't you a lawyer?

mthompson156 · Joined: 18 Jan 2013 Posts: 29 Location: San Francisco

Wow...that is awful. Talk about not deserving something like that -- John is probably the most friendly guy you'll ever meet at Crissy. Just let me take Big Red out for a spin on a light-wind day last week. Another friend of mine just had his car stolen in Pac Heights a couple weeks ago, surf and fishing gear gone with it. Guess it's time to look into getting a kill switch installed in addition to my alarm, something like this would be absolutely crippling...

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

gerritt · Joined: 06 May 1998 Posts: 632 Location: Redwood City, CA

Its clear Iso is not a lawyer. I doubt he could pass the exam, or any psych testing that so often accompanies the job applications processes. I, however, am a CA lawyer that practices criminal law.

I've said this before, but Iso has ignored it. One cannot use deadly force to protect property. Thus, Iso's wish to install booby traps in his vehicle will land him in jail/prison, should he wind up hurting someone. However, one can use reasonable force to accomplish an arrest. Should the person resist, the force can be escalated accordingly. If the resistance is deadly, then the person making the arrest (to protect their property), can respond likewise. Its not a hard equation to fathom. Its exactly the same paradigm the cops are under.

As far as photos, you can photograph/video anything exposed to public view without liability. Show me a statute that says otherwise.

That said, in CA, car thieves go to at least jail the first time around and prison should they have a prior record. This assumes, of course, a conviction upon competent evidence and proof beyond a reasonable doubt the accused is guilty, or a plea.

That means Iso does not simply get to execute the car thief he catches in the act. Sorry Iso Sad

If you feel otherwise, feel free move to another country.

rigatoni · Joined: 25 Feb 1999 Posts: 498

Why does Isobars need to use every post as a platform for a socio-political tirade?

John is quite possibly the nicest guy you will ever come across at the beach. Those custom boards are his pride and joy. Let's hope there is a happy end to this story and that Isobars can keep is 14000 and counting posts "Isolated" in the NW forum.

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

Rigs, what part of getting deleted for your false personal attacks do you not understand?

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

Please tell us, Riggles, how encouraging people to use their voices, keyboards, votes, action, personal involvement, and pocketbooks to deter crime is buffoonery. While you're at it, please tell us how I disparaged John one iota or waxed social-political. Then explain how anything you said helped deter the next such theft.