Tractor sale gone sour.

[Anonymous Poster]

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[Anonymous Poster]

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[Tractors4u]

Re: Tractor sale gone sour. Update

I talked with the branch manager at the main office of goober's credit union. He ran the number of the check and it was not a certified check. "Doh" as Homer Simpson would say. It was a check he had the credit union draw on his account and printed there at the credit union. My screw up on not being able to discern that type of check from a certified check. So chasing down the credit union for stopping the payment is out. It is in the hands of the Limestone County sheriff's department now. I talked with the investigator yesterday and he said the warrant was faxed Friday night and that they(NC local sheriff's dept) were going to pick him up at work yesterday. They didn't and they still hadn't picked him up as of this afternoon. I don't know why they are dragging their feet unless he knows somebody up there. I would love to be there when they do. He works at a new car dealership in Winston Salem.

 

[Tractors4u]

Tractor sale gone sour. Update Part 2

I was led to believe that once the warrant was issued that his local Law Enforcement would go pick him up. It would be an easy one too because they have his home address and they know where he works. I called and talked with the High Police department and they informed me that the only this guy will be taken in to custody is if he crosses paths with them and they run his license. If he gets stopped for speeding, a broken tail light or is in a fender bender and the police run his license then they tell me his warrant will show up on the national crime computer and then they will take him in and call our local sheriff's office to come get him. Bummer, this could take a while. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif For you Lawmen out there what do you think?

 

[Bird]

Re: Tractor sale gone sour. Update Part 2

Brent, without me going back and reading every word in the thread, I may make a mistake, but if I understand right, you're in Alabama and he's in North Carolina. So if he's arrested in North Carolina and refuses to waive extradition, then there's a legal process to go through to extradite a person to another state. Thefts of all kinds are usually (state laws may vary) broken up into different classes of misdemeanors and felonies usually based on the dollar amount involved. It would be my guess that the dollar amount involved here is still a misdemeanor, and it's very infrequent for anyone to be extradited for a misdemeanor. So, if he gets stopped in North Carolina and if the warrant has been entered into the NCIC, the North Carolina police agency should be contacting your local police agency to see whether they intend to extradite. Of course if he should come back into Alabama and get stopped, that would be the best chance of him getting arrested.

I'm afraid the bottom line is that I would not be optimistic in your situation.

Sorry to be a pessimist, and hopefully, I'm wrong. To give you an accurate answer one would have to be familiar with statutory law, case law, and departmental policies in both states, so your local police should be able to explain it best.

 

[Tractors4u]

Re: Tractor sale gone sour. Update Part 2

The incident report that the investigator filled out has the Felony box checked. I didn't even see that until I got home and was ready my copy. Some said it was because of the transportation of stolen goods across state lines.

 

[shado]

Re: Tractor sale gone sour. Update Part 2

Well, talk about a good case for the 'People's Court,' that's probably where you're going to have to end up. While waiting for our loyal mounties to 'come across' a person where it's possible to run around the city on a 2 year expired out-of-town tag, I'd speed things up filing a case in small claims court. After that, be sure to start gathering up all the evidence & background on the dodger as possible, starting with the DMV & criminal records check, so that way it might be possible to win on just his bad behaivor.
J.W.

 

[bgott]

Re: Tractor sale gone sour. Update Part 2

Is there any way to get the feds involved? I thought I read something in the paper saying that they were starting to crack down on internet fraud such as this.

 

[Taylortractornut]

Re: Tractor sale gone sour. Update Part 2

Brent i help a friend parttime in the reposession business, i told him about your situation and he told me hed try to find out NC's rules on it. We repo alot of tractors and implements here. If its like MS and you have a claim filed they can go hunt it and drag it back home for ya. We got a combine last week and a 3000 Ford tractor. Youd be suprised at the folks that do this deed of buy something with a bad check then tell them they werent paying for it. Hope it work out for ya Taylor Lambert

 

[Bird]

Re: Tractor sale gone sour. Update Part 2

Brent, if it was filed as a felony, and the Alabama police are willing to extradite, then I'm a bit surprised. I would have thought if they just called the North Carolina police and faxed a copy of the warrant, they'd just go get him. But as I said, I don't know anything about the laws or policies of those states.