Advice needed please help.

The guys girlfriend confessed everything. The police in my town said that the coins were probably gone and don't really have the time to investigate further. They did however get statements from other shops (gamestop types) and they gave full discriptions of everything that was sold to them.

 

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I hope whatever your able to recover won't cost you big money.

 

It may be different in some states but for the most part, the shop owner has no legal right to the coins and must go after the bad guy to get his money back.

 

How do you know what shop has the coins?

 

From the girlfriends confession.

 

Still lots missing here. Again, although may be different in different areas but the evidence in a crime is always conficated by the authorities. It is required as evidence in a crime. From what your saying also is for the girl to know all about this crime, in real life she would have been suspected of being an accomplise. So why would the police just take the word of a girl without any evidence? They really should have conficated the evidence and if already gone, then it's her word against his. Something is really missing here.
For the police to state they really don't have time to investigate further is a little scarry. Just how busy are they and how big is this town that the police are so busy they refuse to complete and investigation? I think at this time I would have asked if a possible check with the States Atorneys Office would be required. I well know the local police may not like this approach but it might get some REAL answers.

 

It is litrally like pulling teeth to get our police station to do anything. I stopped by several times to see if anything had been done. I think they just got tired of seeing me and finally did something.

The evidence that they needed was gotten from the video game places the sold the items too after the girls confession.

Oh well thats what I get for living in a town where they actually had Lollipops for cops to help raise money for the station and where the female deputy got fired for having her own adult website.

 

Personally I would leave the police out of it now. Now it's time for you to have a man to man talk with the pawn shop owner.
I would go straight over there asap and look for your coin and be totally honest about what happened. Explain to him that you just want your coin back and explain where you got it from and that you don't blame him at all as you understand his position.

If you handle the situation honestly and humbly, you will get it back if the owner still has it. You may find out that he didn't buy that particular coin or he has it sitting there waiting to sell it. good luck

 

I'd have told him "Fine, I'll be back with the coins and the police to file a receiving stolen goods charge against you."

 

Had a talk with the owner of the shop. The police did stop in but he had sold the coins just after 72 hours after the theif brought them in. The shop owner is very nice and stated that he would have given them back if he still had them. He also gave me a great deal on a 1913-S and 1912-D wheat cent.

 

Sweet Wheatz, sorry for your loss, I can understand you frustration. Most pawn shops are required to turn in buy sheets each week to local police department, there also required to hold items for a certain amount of days. The problem... pawn dealers buy sheet may state" purcased silver,bullion scrap silver" or coins? hard to identify exactly what they purchased. No offence , but your best bet is to say nothing and drop by the store often, look at the coins. You may luck out and find the coin that means so much to you. Good Luck, Ozarktravler

 

wheatz, I entered my post just before reading yours, my apology. At this point its police matter, if conviction ,thief and pawn dealer may both be in court. Its not over, the legal process will run its course and you may get your coins back. Good Luck

 

Thats the best bet!!

 

Is the thief in jail or walking the streets?

 

That is curious - in my local shop I have watched people come in and spend cash to buy a coin. And while the dealer rings it up, he does not always fill out one of the sheets that includes names. Now if you sell something - he always gets a name and does one of those sheets. Is that a legal requirement?

 

That sheet is probable a "Declaration Of Ownership"
That puts the seller on the hook if it's stolen as far as criminal charges.
I'm not sure what the requirements are but would guess it would differ from state to state.

 

The owner should have an invoice as to what he paid for the coins and what they were and from who. The cops should have gotten it and asked for the coins on the list. The cops should have then acquired them for you to ID. Good luck. -O)

 

I will keep hoping then.

Funny how such a common coin can be worth everything when it is passed down from grandparents