He had registered it in his name 3 days after he stole it and had a new VIN tag on it so he was legal since he told the DMV it was home made! The add it was listed with stated the trailer in the picture was not included but they have many trailers available.

My 8 year old could have done a better job on the paint job. This in spots and they never even took the wheels off to do it since they have all sorts of red over spray on them. They were even so lazy that they didnt even paint 90% of the bottom of it. Only paint on the bottom is what over spray made it there to hide the white from a distance.

Insurance company is getting it back and will resell it and that will be the end of this mess. I dont need it as we actually traded the boat and the new trailer in on a new one in Nov.

glad you got it back. f-word thieves. at least you were able to finish doing the police's job for them. my home was burglarized on 2011, i figured out who did it, by asking everyone in the neighborhood got the information to the detective, he's actually a friend of mine... and he still coudlnt get a warrant for the guy. i lost about 12k worth of items. i live vicariously through stories like yours i'm glad he got caught.

saw him at big creek yesterday I wanted to go hassle him and check the trailer so bad....

I can tell you he does not have the trailer. A friend of mine has it-he bought it from the insurance company auction. If he was trailering his boat then I guess he managed to steal another one. If anyone is looking for a nice 30 triple axle Eagle trailer we have this one for sale.

I'm looking for a trailer to buy to fit a 32 pachanga but don't wanna step on any OSO members feet pm me if you wanna sell !!!

Yes the trailer was sold by the insurance company at auction. I wouldnt be the least bit suprised if he stole another one. Even though he pleaded not guilty in court last week, his day is coming and I am coorperating with the DA's offic ethat is still going after him for this and some other things. Plus I filed some paperwork to get some money out of him for this mess. whether or not I ever see a dime doesnt matter but we will see what happens at the next court date coming up.

Any update on this? I was keeping up with your story last year and ran back across it

I received a subpoena to be a witness for the trial on this which was supposed to start this past Monday finally but go figure, last Friday it was postponed again and probably wont start until end of March or April now. I think the court system is just trying to make it at least 2 full years since it happened before they actually try and prosecute this guy.

The moral of this story also is DON'T CONFRONT THE THIEF. Call the police without them seeing you, and tail them until the police arrive. Also good to get some pictures with your camera phone.

Michael

Well good news finally, after 27 aggrevating months of dealing with this issue., it is finally a closed case and the thief is behind bars for a hell of alot longer than i thought he would get and a list of probation items a mile long he will have to comply with.
Justice was finally served and my wife and i can close this chapter!