Omega busts another thief at BCA

[vincentwu817]

From the sounds of it the whole team are a bunch of "winners". They all sat there and admired the stolen cue and then tried to buy their buddy out of trouble when it was realized he got caught? And then they trash talk the booth for calling the police and stand outside of it telling noone to buy anything from them?

They are lucky I am not the TD, They would all be out of the event for the year, and the theif would be barred from the BCAPL for life.

Not too familiar with the law regarding this but can they be charged for association with the act?

 

[TCo]

Liars and Thieves

No two worse people in the world than liars and thieves.

Sad thing about it is that although you reported back to the Moose, it doesn't sound like they (the team in whole) would be affected by a bad reputation.

Morality has no bounds, nor does the lack of it.

 

[Eric.]

It's deja vu all over again...

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=285839&highlight=omega+derek


Eric

 

[poolguy4u]

This is why I do not set up at tournaments. Being a small dealer, if someone just steals
one $300 dollar cue, I'm screwed. I'd have to sell a lot of stuff to make that up.:sorry:

I just don't trust people.........

 

[buckshotshoey]

I actually just sent the details to the contact email address for the Santa Barbara Moose Lodge. I'd like to be a fly on the wall for that conversation.


I was going to get a picture of the guy but they already escorted him out.

Was there an arrest? Mugshots are public domain.

 

[lfigueroa]

So I'm standing in the Omega Billiards booth last night purchasing a jump cue and new case. While I'm paying, I see a guy that's about 25 years old behind us looking at McDermott cues. He takes one off the rack, places it against his side and walks out of the booth. I tell Gilbert who's working the booth that someone just walked out with one of his cues. Since he was the only employee in the booth, I followed the guy to the table his team was about to start his match on. He started showing the cue to all his teammates who ranged from probably 35 - 60 years old. I walked back and showed Gilbert where the guy was. He walked over, grabbed the cue and seen his price sticker still attached to the bottom. Gilbert snatched him up and took him back to his booth and we called security. Bill Stock also showed up to find out what was going on. Long story short....the guy admitted to stealing the cue. His team came over and seemed really pissed off at Omega for pressing the issue to call the police. They offered to pay for the cue and couldn't understand why they preferred to press charges instead. One of the guys from the team even stood in the isle telling people "don't buy anything in this booth." The guy was escorted off the floor by security and I believe they were going to turn him over to the police. Bill Stock said he would be banned from the tournament floor (why not banned from BCA period?) and not allowed back. The team only had 5 players so they had to forfeit every 5th match since their teammate was taken away.

I just want to say that I respect Omega's decision to press charges. They were ripped off at BCA last year and caught the guy, ripped off at the Riviera back in March and now ripped off again in July. Enough is enough. One less thief on the tournament floor! The team in question were wearing shirts that said "Santa Barbara Moose Lodge." Wonder how they'll feel finding out someone representing them is a thief.

Go Gilbert!

And hat's off to you.

Lou Figueroa
all the way

 

[poolhustler]

Should have said to the kid... "here you want this cue? bend over....."

 

[RFranklin]

Punishment

Should have said to the kid... "here you want this cue? bend over....."

Or just force his team to pay for a head to head with Gilbert for $100 a game nine ball. Say 20 games. That McD would be paid for in about 10 minutes and the rest would be for Omega, Gilbert and a little juice to banditgrrr .

 

[sfleinen]

Go Gilbert!

And hat's off to you.

Lou Figueroa
all the way

I agree. I mean, it's bad enough the guy stole from the booth. But then go to his team and pass around the "prize" as if it were show & tell? No compassion here for his teammates, either.

Good on the OP and Gilbert! Can you imagine how much this probably happens under the radar, without folks like you to see -- and most importantly -- get involved?

-Sean

 

[RoadHustler]

I would lose my mind if I had that dumb ass on my team. I would be so embarrassed to be associated with someone like that.

Laws are not for decorating court houses they are the bedrock on which civilized society is built. Hope this is a lesson to that kid. But I suppose only time will tell...

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[richiebalto]

No two worse people in the world than liars and thieves.

Sad thing about it is that although you reported back to the Moose, it doesn't sound like they (the team in whole) would be affected by a bad reputation.

Morality has no bounds, nor does the lack of it.

Liars and Thieves, sad thing to say, that is - was, what most great action pool rooms were made of!

Hustlers, drug dealers, pimps and all the LIARS that said they haven't play in a long time (pool), Boy I miss the good ole days in the Pool Halls!

 

[Jodacus]

Proud of Bandit and proud of Omega. They both did
the right thing. Maybe the Moose Lodge should
think about doing something as well. Like shoving the
team out the door.

Joe

 

[shinobi]

Gotta love that logic...

Let me try and steal this from you.
If you catch me, I'll pay for it. If not, I won't.

Okay how about this one...

Go ahead and try to and steal it. If I don't catch you, keep the cue. If I catch you, I get to cut off your hand.

Equally fair IMHO :thumbup:

 

[vincentwu817]

Gotta love that logic...

Let me try and steal this from you.
If you catch me, I'll pay for it. If not, I won't.

Okay how about this one...

Go ahead and try to and steal it. If I don't catch you, keep the cue. If I catch you, I get to cut off your hand.

Equally fair IMHO :thumbup:

That would require the vendor to go out and purchase a hacksaw.

 

[gogg]

Needs a beating
The team could use one too, when they protest.
Then chunked out on their asses


Sent

 

[Dead Money]

The only mistake he made was not knowing which ones were worth anything! The rest was just stupid being stupid. Think he'll sign up here afterwards and try to defend himself like the idiot from last year(or was it 2 years ago)?

I was half tempted to post on the Santa Barbara pool FB page asking which one got arrested.

Do it! Post a link here afterwards!

 

[cuesblues]

It is sad how their teammates actually didnt find much wrong with his behavior. I hope he gets what he deserves (hint:not a free cue).

What do you mean, this is them on their way back to Santa Barbara, and it looks like they have their friend strapped to the roof.

 

[seven_7days]

I have zero sympathy or compassion for thieves.


Eric

I'm stealing this quote.

 

[klone]

Wow, I cannot believe his teammates sorta-kinda defended the thief and offered to buy the cue. Poor sportsmanship, they should've realized it's not about the money, it's integrity.

 

[wrickyb]

You do know that Omega has a camera system running in the booth. The footage helps convict ass holes. Glad they caught him and I agree the team should have been booted as well.