I really feel for the thief's mom, however, I believe law enforcement should be involved in this matter. I.e. press charges for grand theft.
As a dear friend of mine and large YT airgun personality agreed with me on. Based upon the monetary value, he’d get 6-9mo jail time. Ok, that’s all fine and dandy. But what’s the point of sending him to a place where he has 3 square meals a day, a place to sleep, tv and many like minded friends? It’s just going to cost me money to drive the 360mile round trip and the tax payers.
Maybe, just maybe...me have a one on one with him and LEVELING with him...might change the course of his life. I know it worked for me. One can only hope and try. It only takes that “one” time of being treated like a human being. I view it like, you go to a pound..you adopt a dog that has gotten it’s fair share of beat downs. Then you introduce something it’s not accustomed to. Now you’ve turned the dogs view of the world around. And just like humans, the dog may or may not snap out of its previous ways.
Im not a bleeding heart kind of person. But there are times the law needs to be involved and times where you need to square up. By no means am I saying you’re wrong. I just don’t feel him going to jail is worth the extra expenses and tax payers dollars.