On 12/31/2023:
I returned to my boat to enjoy the last day of the year at 12:00 noon, Sunday after church, 12/31/2023, and I notice my friends paddle board was gone, and his pull-behind-boat-three-person 350$ “Tube” was floating down the middle of Pier 10 and 11, 3/4 deflated just 50 yards away.
The tube has three compartments that were fully blown up just that morning, just as it has been for the last week.
I went over to retrieve the “Tube” and found it had no less than three long knife cuts in it, totally destroying it.
Immediately looking for the board, none was found.
I checked the three cameras that watch the area and all have portions of the event. [Members of pier 10 have worked together to try and keep the place safe by having a simplistic community surveillance system.]
I being a lawyer do not see value in reporting it as a crime, and seeking prosecution, because what usually comes of that is the perpetrators gets a fine, and jailtime, and the damaged party gets nothing.
The violators are hereby noticed to return the 150$ paddle board immediately, by tying it to the rear of boat in slip 10/33, and email pauljjhansenlaw@gmail.com [HADC LAW OFFICE] stating that the board has been returned, and adding a picture of it being placed in the water and securely tied to the said boat, so that it can be retrieved instantaneously by the owner who is nearby.
If it is not returned immediately a civil suit will be filed seeking 7 times the value of the paddle board, which juries generally grant.
The paddle board had a cell number written on it as a “Lost and Found” contact.
It would be prudent to return it now, or much greater damages, and exposure will result.
45$ 24 Hour-Loop-Solid-State Cameras are great.
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