Stealing a Family

[@ChasRiaStJohn]

Jm made so much sense when she said that’s not how thieves operate. So true. The man had paperwork AND even worked with the police about it.

[@HerrWeberMFT]

The lawyer didn't want to talk to Doug because he knew she didn't have a case but took her money anyway. Doug would have called him out too, cause that's what Doug does and that's why we love him!

[@18missmm]

I can hear him now, "So why'd you let her come all the way here when she doesn't have a case, huh?"

[@elizastonereliza3545]

The lawyer is just a babysitting for her

[@maryannemoll]

True! Doug can really drive home a point.

[@one_ice_cold_chiq]

Doug is annoying.

[@lukerinderknecht2982]

We love Doug!

[@emilyp5176]

This woman’s grief is unimaginable I’m sure, but it is also anger misplaced.

[@TatewakiGaming]

Exactly. I feel for her, but she is being unreasonable.

[@XFiorentti]

Yes she looks very sad and hasn't really been coping with her husband's death accordingly. It's almost painful to hear her speak. Her attorney is even worse because he knew she didn't have sufficient evidence to proof her case. The money she spent to bring this attorney to PPC she should have spent it on a good therapist. You can see that she is sad, angry and doesn't know who to blame and how to get rid of those feelings. I feel for her.

[@dlwcrazyblondeone]

Well said.

[@hippo-potamus]

Laying it on thick

[@MarthaDuran-w4e]

@@XFiorenttiI think she’s more mad that she lost her case!!

[@hateisforlosers6116]

Ladies, believe it or not ,our husbands don't tell us everything... not that they are hiding anything, but sometimes they just don't put as much thought into as we would.

[@spacecase8791]

Truth. Guys just literally think different than women and don't see the certain significance of things. Just 🎶ladidadidaing🎶 through life lol

[@tjbooker9948]

I find myself to be more transparent as an ex husband.

[@escalona8764]

Because we don't overthink and latch on things and there is also woman out there who don't tell us everything as well.

[@MariamaDiallo-fj6ow]

The excuses oml I dont understand why women marry these man children "He just doesn't know no better" now I see why women are refusing to marry now a days

[@MariamaDiallo-fj6ow]

The excuses oml I dont understand why women marry these man children "He just doesn't know no better" now I see why women are refusing to marry now a days

[@quitifa]

Many relatives try to cling onto possessions related to a deceased family member because they fear losing tangible pieces of their lost one. The judge did an excellent job of helping this woman to understand that.

[@daynasafranek7807]

What you said is so true. Your memories won’t fade, but things, are just things.

[@daymonnin]

She didn’t expose the defendant. She only exposed her own problems. I don’t think she knew the deals her husband had struck and won’t accept it.

[@yung1717]

She’s wasting time. He has the title, and bill of sale. He did this deal and never told you. Sorry but that’s what happened

[@nadeawilliams7749]

ikr

[@VenusianDiarist]

On top of that, it's been 3 years

[@kietero]

aaaaaaaaaaaand that's why the lawyer said nothing the entire time. He probably warned her against doing this and simply said "yeah, you're paying me, IDGAF I'll go to court with you. That's about it!" A silent lawyer is REALLY telling.

[@JamesJones-oz8hi]

Seems like a bitter old lady

[@yung1717]

I hate when people can’t admit when they’re wrong. You’re not “exposing him” because your husband did a deal and never told you. Misplaced emotions

[@yung1717]

And her “evidence” is that he billed her for completed work? Cmon man

[@oreolover9321]

I agree, and if he was lying, he definitely would not put his information on the paperwork.

[@margarethagins9376]

Exactly 💯

[@jlockwood65]

You are wrong.

[@msknucb1762]

Exactly!

[@projectionv.accountability1010]

Being sad about her husband's death does not mean she's right. She needs to move on.

[@humaneleaguelancPA]

Right, it’s a 1997 wave runner, for goodness sake, I feel for her but she is masking her grief with pettiness. Her kids (she never said OUR kids) probably got nothing in his estate and she can’t believe her husband didn’t will them anything. I can bet he was very nice to her kids but they may have been expecting big $$$.

[@carolynrose4525]

Sorry you don't just move on when you lose a spouse!!! What's wrong with you

[@berelainhawk01]

​@@carolynrose4525I don't think the comment meant move on from the husband's death. They meant from the attachment to the wave runner. The wave runner is not her husband and she needed to put the whole dispute with the plaintiff to rest.

[@evolutionofcando379]

the lawyer wanted zero part

[@mikeyh0]

She needs therapy more than another reminder of her husband.

[@MarthaDuran-w4e]

Yessss. And at the end she just had to say negative things about the plaintiff. Making him sound like a thief

[@davidperez5089]

Karen!!!!

[@sarahlynn7894]

@davidperez5089 And you're a KEN!!!

[@chrispellicci6587]

Very true

[@j.d.contreras392]

Or an In-N-Out cheeseburger with extra secret sauce and whole grilled onions.

[@scooneil]

She's calling up the current owner and telling him he has stolen property. She's bragging in the post-verdict interview about all the people who she told about the defendant who knew she was there today. If she's not careful, she could just as likely find herself at the other podium facing harassment/defamation charges.

[@zander7671]

@user-hi9jy5wy1m My thoughts exactly my thoughts also think she’s a nasty piece of…

[@daynasafranek7807]

Sometimes anger is just misplaced grief.

[@adventuresconjuan]

Nice try lady . Sorry for your loss but I think your husband just didn’t tell you 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️ it happens

[@TooLooze]

She could have gotten a new one for what she paid her attorney to sit through that. Saying she "exposed" him, leaves her open to slander. Another case for her lawyer.

[@tobysrimani1047]

Agreed, he didn’t know that verbiage prior to the case, “exposed”, so he didn’t countersue. Now he definitely can sue if he wanted to.

[@jeromehenderson8783]

Past tense can't sue her for suing him he might loose

[@jeromehenderson8783]

Past tense he can't sue for being sued

[@jeanicelewis510]

SHE WRONG for defaming that guy as THIEF!! Shee need to STOP before he sue her..

[@josephcatsanchez6590]

I truly believe that if there was a real issue the bother in law that runs the company would've stepped in. WHERE'S THE BROTHER IN LAW ?

[@mikesteele05]

We don’t know if her brother in law was in the picture prior to her husband’s death. It could be that he inherited a part of the business or that she hired him once her husband was no longer able to run the business.

[@josephcatsanchez6590]

@@mikesteele05 listen to the video again, her brother in law took over the business when her husband got sick, so yes he was. The defedent was working with the brother in law even after the death of her husband. That's why where's the brother in law if there was an issue

[@wandaivetterivera3887]

The lawyer just wanted to be in TV😂

[@LeeoGoneWild]

@@mikesteele05No Mikey!!

[@CeeYa1989]

Feelings versus facts. That lawyer didn’t wanna talk because all he could probably say was, I told you so. 😂

[@nom5205]

no no no. Lawyers dont say that. They go back to the office and draw up another silly plan......after she pays a new retainer.

[@jeanm9521]

The wave runner was for the enjoyment of her children but she waits 3 years after his death to go check on it?

[@anthonyslazas6413]

Great point

[@MarthaDuran-w4e]

Right??

[@msawmusic]

He kids may have been young

[@tonyamarie5857]

Grief over takes alot of fun things.

[@jeanm9521]

@@tonyamarie5857 three years?

[@bjohnson1149]

All this fuss and a lawsuit over a wave runner makes no sense. I can tell she is grieving and she thinks she's entitled to this property, but she has no proof.

[@damnnerves24]

Even after her husband’s death, life goes on for the employees.. the defendant waited 1.5 years to be paid what he was owed.. I liked the way the defendant conducted himself. Wasn’t angry over being called a thief or spoke out of turn. He had truth on his side.

[@shendisackett]

I agree, I feel terrible for her losing her husband, but her husband had a business and she clearly wanted the business to keep going. So to me taking 18 months to pay is wrong. Especially as she made it sound like he was calling the minute her husband was dead. A lot of employees couldn't wait that long to receive money they're owed. I gather it was a side job as he was filing invoices but he still needed to be paid and he actually showed a lot of patience over the situation. I think she was still in the fog of grief and so couldn't think straight over this.

[@Meg-my3un]

That poor woman. She seems like such a wonderful person. I hope it gets easier for her.

[@AriesHeat-xq5pp]

Yea me too. She was really attractive, her outfit too, I like the trousers on her

[@MrAlienmagnet]

I would think family photos would have more value to her than a waverunner. I think she was just directing her anger over her husband's death at the plaintiff. Owning a waverunner won't bring him back.

[@daynasafranek7807]

True.

[@vanpeyton007]

Dang even her own lawyer wouldn't speak at the end....

[@nataliamoniz4804]

If she had a lawyer why go to people court

[@LoveHeatherHeadly]

Bc he was a shark and doug would’ve called him out. He shouldn’t have took that money from her.

[@babyk8228]

My husband makes property deals like this all the time. He doesn’t always tell me. Sometime I just see a new vehicle or machinery and he explained someone gave him for work he did or he tells me I’m doing this job for this person because they are gonna give me a car as payment. It’s a common thing with men in business.

[@mandawood9756]

My dad did that often. He preferred to barter over paying cash because it was easier than writing a check and he never had more than $15 on him. It was often a piece of equipment that wasn’t even worth the gas to haul it off, but that’s how he did things. My mom just rolled her eyes and kept the coffee pot full.

[@Grace-tc1lq]

Yes but she said they had many conversations that he wanted the children to have them.

[@shendisackett]

​@@Grace-tc1lqshe said she wanted her children to have the wave rider and that is what the conversation was many times that it should go to her children. I noticed she not once said our children, so maybe they weren't his biological children and he was their StepDad. It seems to me he may have decided it would be too dangerous for the kids, or maybe he was tired of her keeping on at him about the waverider and so decided to sell it. It was his property to do what he wanted with and I think the grief is stopping the lady from thinking straight about this. She probably never asked much about his business dealings, or if she did he was the type to say don't worry it's all taken care of. I feel bad for the defendant with the way she talked about him, like him nagging her for money, when in fact he waited 18 months to be paid. I think in time she will come to realise the defendant was a nice guy and a loyal worker and she treated him badly. She should also have had somebody go in to the business and catalogue all the assets when he died, that way if the waverider wasn't there then she would have known for sure her husband did a deal over it. You would think somebody would have stepped up to help her and advise her about doing these things.

[@FitzgeraldCharles]

You exposed that the defendant is an honest man. Thanks for doing so. Sorry for your loss.

[@christophernunn77]

"Stealing a Family" had me wondering..

[@tae1451]

Right I was like wtf how can someone steal a family but uh ok

[@josefwashere]

People’s Court Ai Proofreader: “Stealing From The Family Friend”

[@nadeawilliams7749]

Yes, definite mis placed anger!

[@nunya8010]

The husband didn't want the kids to be injured on the jet ski even the judge knew it was unsafe,so he sold it!

[@pattyfarrington8345]

Best answer.

[@roselandebazelais8236]

He probably was broke too.

[@DonziGT230]

Her theory that he stole it to make up for the money she owed him makes no sense at all. He billed her after the death, and he acquired the PWC before the death. And it's very unlikely that a thief would sell stolen goods to a co-worker who's known by the family

[@Lillylilster]

Sad situation but she has to let go now. Judge was right about creating new memories.

[@hottuna2006]

I feel for the plaintiff's sadness but it's manifestation is unhealthy and she's directing it towards the wrong person. Forget the waverunner and cherish the memories she has of her late husband. She needs to be in therapy, not court.

[@shelberz1]

Thank you JM. The dose of humanity.

[@mikemontana3443]

The wave runner holds memories for her kids so now she wants money -- to buy a new wave runner with no memories?

[@matthewmorales94]

To make....

[@mikesteele05]

I don’t think it was about the money. I think she just wanted to prove to herself and everyone involved that her husband wouldn’t have sold it.

[@elliebellie7816]

They didn't even use it for three years so obviously not that important.

[@markbirchette8740]

She's running on nothing but emotions. We don't always tell our spouses everything, men or women.

[@hottuna2006]

Inside, I think she's really angry at her husband for not telling her about the sale and she's just directing her anger towards the one person she can.

[@deemcgriff4196]

Best comment ❤❤

[@NennaAutry]

I love what JM said to her at the end ❤

[@broeheemed32]

Clawing and scratching to get every last dollar she can get out of him, even after he's dead. Sad.

[@confidentialp6292]

I think that Lawyer was the biggest scammer in that courtroom

[@g355150]

Big facts! Realistic......if he were really realistic, he wouldn't have taken your money for this suit.

[@confidentialp6292]

@@g355150 💯

[@hottuna2006]

Good point. A legitimate lawyer would have told her she had no case and not string her along and take her money.

[@LHS427]

He didn’t do anything and didn’t even want to talk and probably charged $250 an hour LOL.

[@nom5205]

thats the business......

[@sadetripp]

The Thief is the lawyer didn't talk in the court room and outside of it 😒 no point in him being there.

[@zander7671]

It’s sat there for three years without her noticing it was gone. That says a lot❗️

[@taurus2600]

As a widow, I feel her pain however the facts are the facts. She is wrong abt the defendant. Paying the defendant so late actually sounds like the husband would do this for payment. I hope she takes JM advice. This is why I love JM so much. Fair judgement.

[@Shellygrrl2573]

I have a feeling that this isn't the first time her husband didn't tell her about something he did. And she knows it🤷🏽‍♀️

[@taurus2600]

I agree 💯

[@KPbouj]

Sorry for your loss ❤.

[@KPbouj]

@@Shellygrrl2573That and/or her and the defendant have a history she is not sharing. Idk if she went after any other people but as a Floridian, the fixation on an old wave runner is odd.

[@tobysrimani1047]

Someone with common sense!

[@3l3llala13]

Why didn’t the late husband and wife made sure that all of his assets were designated to the right people in his will since they knew that he was dying?

[@tiendaphillips8738]

I'm sure they assumed it would all go to the wife.

[@charliefleming3251]

they had a will, it was one of the signitures she tried to use. So they didnt assume anything. @@tiendaphillips8738

[@mimim8532]

Very kind and sincere verdict by JM…..she really cares.

[@Shpdaddy]

She is still hurt and doesn’t have a case the man has all the paperwork

[@ryans413]

She didn’t even know it was gone. It’s almost like one day she woke up and just decided she wanted it now.

[@mariecole9948]

Anyone find it weird that she keeps saying “my children” and not our children.

[@Robert-lc6dv]

I noticed that as well, it struck me as odd the first time she said it. Perhaps they were his stepchildren, but if they were as close to him as she argued, it's strange that she wouldn't refer to them as "our" children.

[@rangerannie5636]

She said they were married 17 years, so if there were minor children, I would think her husband was the father.

[@Anja1968]

She will never let it go

[@scotthewitt258]

Interesting that the only original signature she brought was thirty years old..... I wonder if that was part of the advice she got from her lawyer she brought with her.

[@johnsradios484]

Greedy, greedy, greedy. I don’t feel sorry for her. She did not expose anyone but herself.

[@janicester]

This whole situation is sad. I'm sorry for anyone who loses a spouse.

[@charlottegunning1548]

I LOVE this Judge so Much. She really puts her heart into her cases.❤

[@MaxPaxton]

A lovely widow using her husbands death to try to help her case.

[@feliciagallo9832]

Once again, the people outside know nothing.

[@deemcgriff4196]

😆😆😆

[@mrhoffame]

I doubt her husband talked about every detail of everything he did. ESPECIALLY when they are in "estate settling" mode knowing the end is near. I have number of clients how have been there and a lot of thing don't hold the same importance.

[@cyndedawson3129]

The thing is as much as you think your husband / wife tells you everything it's not always the case sad but true 🙏🏽💫🌌❤️💕

[@ginab.4605]

Buy another wave runner!

[@hottuna2006]

We all know it's not about the waverunner. She's angry that her husband didn't tell her about the sale of something that had memories for her and is lashing out at the one person she can.

[@arianefr78]

The new owner offered to give it back to her, so why didn't she just take it then? She sounds like 'she' needs it emotionally more than her children and who wants a very old run down jet ski any way?...

[@myopinion59]

Typical Karen. She "confronted" that man. She "suspected" him. Just because she knows. Oh well, with all of that evidence, he needs to hand it over to the long suffering widow!

[@hottuna2006]

Give her a break. She's not suing him out of malice. She's sad that her husband is gone and angry that he didn't tell her about the sale. She's a mixed bag of emotions and is lashing out wrongly towards the defendant.

[@jaym3796]

@@hottuna2006yea but come on it’s a wave runner that is from ‘96 let it go. Her husband did the deal and didn’t tell her. She’s something else

[@dapperguy0798]

But she also said that for years, she and her husband had all of these talks about giving it to the kids, so why would he suddenly change his mind and not even tell her??

[@myopinion59]

@@dapperguy0798 You only have her word that he never said anything. Do you think she would admit otherwise in court?

[@Robert-lc6dv]

​@@hottuna2006 While it's sad that her husband passed away and she's a grieving widow, I don't think it's appropriate to give her a break over trying to destroy a man's reputation and have him arrested for an item he bought. She's definitely very emotional atm, but that doesn't give her a pass to be malicious towards innocent people.

[@jaym3796]

Honestly she’s a nasty person. Yes, her husband died but the guy is not going to go through all this to register a waverunner that’s from ‘97. She needs therapy and to apologize to that man.

[@nadeawilliams7749]

It sounds like the husband told her one thing, and told him another!

[@Rottielover01]

The only thing that she exposed was is that she is wrong and she defamed a few people, no wonder the lawyer is staying out of it. Grief or not you can't make false allegations that can hurt people

[@loribryant884]

What good was that lawyer?

[@sufferedlearnedchanged]

You can't use a lawyer in small claims court. Good question.

[@Shapeless-ce7zq]

She's just tickling his taint for a good time thinking it makes her look better lol

[@nikkirene00]

Boyfriend.

[@feliciagallo9832]

Moral support, I guess.

[@richarddawson5836]

This woman is a vindictive person who was pissed off her husband sold the wave runner without telling her and defamed an innocent guy who legally purchased it. The only person she exposed was herself.

[@matthewmorales94]

I feel sorry for the defendant, to get dragged into something like this.....I bet he feels bad for what she thought was right....

[@a.n.3284]

She expected compassion and she used it but justice prevailed.

[@Flightcontrol96]

The lawyer didn't want to talk because the lawyer is taking this grieving woman for a ride. He's not there for free and I guarantee he knew how it would end.

[@roselandebazelais8236]

Condolences to her.But we could that she's a pain on the neck.Even though the judge herself,explained everything to her,she stills talk badly about the guy. She's the I'M NEVER WRONG TYPE.

[@jennifer_mertens]

The fact that the Defendant had a bill of sale/title and was able to register it, kind of backs up the fact that the Plaintiff's husband gave the jetski to the Defendant as partial payment. Her attorney should have advised her against bringing this to court. She just doesn't have the proof to back up her allegations.

[@Krayzie_Dizzy]

She messing around with the attorney. lol im going to call it how i see it 😂

[@ClaryPamela]

That’s just it, you didn’t see it.

[@BREEZYM6015]

You can be taken to court for saying that. 😂

[@marybenavidez3944]

My thoughts, also! He was there for moral support for his ‘friend’.😊

[@kkthedrummer8999]

The woman is off her rocker exposed for what she is exposed for being Krazy

[@LordBattleSmurf]

If i was him i'd sue her for defamation. She already made him wait 18 months for payment on another job. Her husband got sick and had huge medical bills and financial trouble so he did the smart thing and got $500 cash and $2,500 free labor for a pool for his kids, and irrigation/ landscaping to make the yard more manageable for his wife after he died, all in exchannge for an old wave runner nobody even missed for 3 years. This lady is embarressing herself. Husbands don't have to tell their wives everything, especially when he's the breadwinner

[@Renegade987]

Her lawyer know but she’s hard headed . Shame on you lady

[@adrianknight1406]

Family and friends oftentimes act a fool after someone passes away. The fight over materialist things like in this case involving a wave runner is so insignificant in the long run. Sad

[@Meister_de_Nicts]

I have seen this irl so many times, but I have been fortunate to not live it. Why is this so common? Is it one of those things where a person (while grieving) is grasping for items to kind of "hold on" to that person? Or is it sometimes greed?

[@cflournoy1529]

The lawyer really didn’t want any part of this foolishness😂

[@sharonjohnson8512]

Maybe your husband had more secrets from you.

[@XFiorentti]

Perhaps another family 😂

[@Grace-tc1lq]

@@XFiorentti Look at yourself. That sounds like your personal experience.

[@josephcatsanchez6590]

Anything 3 years in the elements won't be worth much !!!

[@jameshuntsman6046]

I always sign my name a little differently, that way know one can forge it.

[@ReymundoCortez]

This lady is delusional.

[@mekhahboohunter5694]

YES SHE IS

[@aimeekenney1550]

She was a classy lady who, as the judge described, was placing so much value on a rather insignificant item. She is still in mourning and obviously this was part of her grieving process. Hope she gets healing!

[@danger170388]

I feel horrible for her, she suffered a horrible loss. She's still grieving and it's making her unable to accept the truth

[@XFiorentti]

The plaintiff is wrong and doesn't want to accept it. The defendant had evidence and she only demonstrated that she's delusional and needs to move on. This woman needs some major therapy. She looks a bit unstable. Her attorney didn't want to say anything because he knew she didn't have leg to stand on this. He was there just to see if his pressence would intimidate the defendant and the defendant was being genuinely honest.

[@mikesteele05]

He couldn’t say anything. That’s how small claims works.

[@NICAUNITY]

I had the same year waverunner and I acquired the exact same way. My friend owed me money and that’s how he paid me. The judge was right a thief wouldn’t leave a paper trailed like that.

[@Cerys1102]

Sad, but there wasn't a ton of proof of wrongdoing on the defendant's part

[@TopherGrant]

Why is that sad? Did you WANT him to be a thief?

[@deemcgriff4196]

There was NO PROOF that he did anything wrong...like zero

[@Cerys1102]

@@TopherGrant no, she didn't prove her case. Sad as in, waste of time

[@vw7667]

Plaintiff has misplaced anger- the bike isn’t gonna change her husband being gone. The lawyer knew it was legal

[@16MedicRN]

This is just sad 😢

[@kietero]

Let me translate that lawyer at the end when Doug invited him to say something. A silent lawyer is worth a thousand words, thus: The lawyer refused to talk = "I told her NOT to do this!"

[@snapperkc9317]

The Plaintiff needs to accept what her husband agreed to and respect his actions. I’m sorry…RIP

[@Damnsaburna]

She was so prepared love to see it

[@tjbooker9948]

Get yourself a new wave runner with a new husband on it. That was the Judge's advice, not mine.

[@brandinelson7941]

I hope she does call the 3 witnesses. Most thieves don't operate that way, but a smart one would especially if the seller is deceased & the legitimate paperwork is readily accessible.

[@serenalampkin8241]

I do things and don’t tell my husband… but eventually I do!! Maybe he didn’t get around to it. He was sick 😳

[@monicawichgers3028]

The late husband messed up!!!! ...and there is no recourse😢

[@SparDanger]

This is how hoarding disorder manifests. I really hope the plaintiff gets/got therapy.

[@myahmcinturf3043]

I notice JM picks and chooses who she gives condolences to in court cases…..

[@makelifebetterbb]

Sadly this is an example of grief not dealt with

[@trwent]

First time in my life I have ever heard of a lawyer who did not want to talk.

[@eboneiwagoner7715]

My only question is what invoices did she have to pay him for? If the wave runner was payment for the work he did then why was he sending her bills after her husband passed away?

[@charliefleming3251]

He might have done more work between the time he got the waverunner and the time of the husbands death, that he was still owed for.

[@jayb1854]

She should of used the money she spent on that lawyer to buy her kids a new wave runner. Husband got a sweet deal by offering it instead of having to pay for the work. Shes upset bc he husband didnt tell her

[@stephy6493]

I wanted to believe the lady but how did he get the title? You can’t do anything without that. Also a thief would get paperwork so they can legally use the thing bc in Florida you can’t even put a boat in the water unless it’s registered lol I learned that recently 🤣🤣

[@TopherGrant]

Because the husband legally signed it over! Don't get fooled by her crying

[@stephy6493]

@@TopherGrant lol ik this no one was fooled that’s why I said I wanted to believe her🤣 …..but of course I will feel sorry for her and the children’s loss at the end of the day I can’t imagine how she feels

[@Kaleb1988]

Hard to watch… sorry for what that lady had to go through. The judge isn’t wrong but life sucks!!

[@undrcvrnb]

is there not a date on the bill of sale? or a date of when it was registered in his name? would that not prove whether it was changed hands before or after the plaintiff's husband died? or did he not reg it for a while(not sure how it works in the US)

[@jennylynx1869]

Wow she’s so wrong and the judge should’ve said more about branding him a theif. It’s wrong