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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 796406, member: 16948&quot;]I posted this on another forum, and thought you all would enjoy this story too!</p><p><br /></p><p>I could hardly believe it! The coin thief that stole coins from me at the Bakersfield show last year (who then had the nerve to show up and steal some more coins at the Santa Clara show a couple months later), ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AT THE SAN JOSE SHOW that I just returned from! <img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the dealers recognized him and told the security guard that he had previously stolen coins from me, so the security guard asked me if I preferred that he not be allowed into this show. I furled my brow and asked the security guard why that was even a question. <img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> He said that, for liability purposes, they had to have a &quot;victim&quot; who requested that the thief be banned from the show. Well, I told the security guard, OF COURSE I DIDN&#039;T WANT THAT THIEF IN THE SHOW! So he asked that I identify the guy, who had since slipped into the show while the security guard was talking to me at my table (which was in the back of the room). </p><p><br /></p><p>When we found the thief looking at another dealer&#039;s coins, I approached him and asked him why would he show up at another coin show? He said he just wanted to look at some coins. I said, &quot;But you&#039;re a convicted coin thief!&quot; Get this, he said, &quot;Well, that was LAST year, and this is a new year.&quot; Can you freakin&#039; believe it!!! <img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The security guard thankfully escorted him out of the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the background on this guy.&nbsp; I caught him stealing from me last year, filed a complaint, he was given a citation and released, showed up at the Santa Clara show and stole coins there but the dealer wouldn&#039;t prosecute so they just photographed him and kicked him out. He eventually plead guilty to my charges, was given 3 years probation and a fine. I asked the DA to require that he not be allowed into coin shows but she said they couldn&#039;t do that. I believe he&#039;s just a sick klepto, in my opinion, since he only steals inexpensive coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, after thinking about it, maybe what I should have done was allow that thief into the show and watch him again and I have no doubt he wouldn&#039;t have been able to resist nabbing some more coins, so had he been caught, he of course would have been violating his probation and THEN he finally would have seen the inside of a jail!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, the dealer&#039;s table he was at when he was asked to leave came by my table and said he wanted to thank me for having the &quot;tenacity&quot; to point him out and have him ejected from the show. The thief was looking at one of his coins at the time and told the dealer he wanted to buy it, but after I told the dealer he was a convicted thief, he turned down the sale. Now, to me, that took scruples and it was nice to hear that some dealers value scruples over a quick sale![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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