You wont believe this I got my stolen Van Stall reel back. For thoose who dont know this is a $750 fishing reel. This idiot had his girl put it on craigslist 3 weeks after he stole it. He is out at sea right now,she is in jail for the night. I still cant believe it YEAAAAAAY FISH ON!!!!
It has serial numbers on it and it is registered to me. And if you spend that kind of money and it is stolen you kno its yours when you see it. I had police handle it so I wouldnt scare them off, it worked I dont believe it. Im waiting for police report 24 hrs then I will kno names
Police Retrieve Stolen Fishing Reels After Found for Sale on Craigslist Kristi Carfora, 25, of 7 Pearl St. Apt. B in Newport, was arrested around 8:10 p.m. Monday on a felony charge of receiving stolen goods. Around 5 p.m., officers were informed that a man was in the front lobby to report that two of his fishing reels were stolen on Oct. 23 and that he'd just found one a Van Staal 250 for sale on Craigslist. The man said both reels were stolen off a vehicle roof rack in front of his home. Police decided to attempt to purchase the reel off Craigslist, so they contacted the number listed and arranged to meet a girl named Kristi at the Dunkin Donuts on Broadway at 8 p.m. Around 7:30 p.m., Carfora called to ask to meet sooner. An officer met her near the Dunkin Donuts and she handed him a reel that matched the one stolen. Other officers then approached and detained her. The victim brought the original box to the station and showed that the serial number on the box matched the one on the reel. Carfora said her ex-boyfriend had asked her to sell the reel for him online, saying that he'd bought it from a guy in Providence for $150 and that he'd said she could keep half the money if she sold it. Carfora said the reels were being kept at the man's new girlfriend's house. She denied knowing the property was stolen. Carfora then called the new girlfriend to confirm that another reel matching the other one stolen a Shimano Spheros reel was also there. Police looked online and determined that the reel Carfora attempted to sell goes for between $400 and $500 used. Thus, they decided to charge her with receiving stolen goods under $500. She was released with a Second District Court date of Nov. 24. Officers then responded to the new girlfriend's home, where they picked up the other reel. The woman told police that her boyfriend had claimed to have bought both of the reels from someone at the state pier