i had a rather bad night last night, i went to my local bar where i shoot at normally 3 or 4 nights a week, was on my usual table just playing 14.1 with an old friend, we've been doing this for beers for more than 5 years now. all night long there was a young punk on the table next to us drinking like a fish, by 9 o'clock he was pretty drunk. about 10 o'clock or so i went to the restroom, leaving my old Meucci HOF2 leaning against my chair, my buddy sitting at the table. when i return i find my buddy and this young kid face to face both with a death grip on my cue, the kid comes over when i'm gone and just picks up the cue and tries to walk over to his table, there are several cues in the rack that have been given to the owner that have wraps and designs on them, just walmart cheapies, i figure the kid just thought mine was one of them, my buddy tried to explain to him that this cue wasn't a house cue. when i stepped in to break it up this guys buddy comes in with a wild punch and i avoid it enough to just get caught in the shoulder, before i could retaliate a couple of the regulars grabbed him and escorted him to the door, the kid who has my cue lets go as i'm watching his buddy and hits me in the side of the head with a rather weak punch, needless to say he broke 2 of my fingers when his head "accidently" hit my hand. he was escorted out too. about a half hour later a deputy sherriff shows up and says he wants to pick up so and so's cue that was left when he was thrown out, i tell him the kid shot with a house cue all night, he brings the kid in and points out my cue, even though i have 20 witnesses that say i have that cue with me every week, he still takes it, i called the sheriif's department this morning and they say i have to show proof of ownershipto pick it up. what if anything can i do, i know it's just an old Meucci but thats not the point it's mine and i would like to get it back. any help would be appreciated.
