Locksmith Turned Burglar

I have several comments about this.

First thing that comes to mind is the fact when a dog bites a man it is not news, but when a man bites a dog...

Second, I wonder why he only got 9 years?

Come on, 9 years, and all the tax payers have to pay for him in this time?? For a burglar? This is more than enough...but of course there are many different points of view :)

regards - Ralph

him in this

course there

anyone that misuses this profession for personal gain, should be locked up for good or at least get twice the max !!!

my2¢

If he were using the profession for the crimes (as in making dup keys for work he was doing for customers, then burg. them later) I would agree with you. That's a violation of a trust. However, if he were just victimizing people at random and just using his skills, I say it's not as bad.

my 2

news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

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making dup keys for

would agree with

just victimizing

as bad.

any misuse of the Locksmith profession is still a violation of a trust...

my2¢

Undoubtably part of the plea bargain the he plead no contest to get. They likely don't have the prison space to keep him locked up for half that anyway.

When you put it that way, the owner of about every GM car dealership in the country should be incarcerated ;-)

I agree. The burglaries were commercial in nature. The average burglar commits a number of B&E'sd before being caught. I don't see the number being out of line from the average, there is no evidence that anyone was put in physical harm. I think the sentence is too high.

Stu

If he was wrenching the locks out of the door, carting off the safes, and cracking them off premises, I'm not sure that the skills he was using was that much different from the "locksmithing courses" offered at 4 block at Mansfield Prison. Would you feel the same way about tow truck driver turned car thief?

Stu

the safes, and

he was using was

offered at 4 block at

again, "any misuse of the Locksmith profession is still a violation of a trust"

refer above.. doesn't apply to my statment.