I would contact the guy who you got it from.

 

yea i did that once and he said too bad.....so i said i will let the detective that called me know that and give hi your name your name

never heard a word back from either

 

When was it stolen?

 

I am not sure. Is there a way to tell from the case number?

 

Is the case number from a certain department? If so most now have it on their website were you can pull it up.

 

It looks like Beaufort county sheriff dept.

 

I didn't see it on their website. But just go by Monday morning and get a copy.

 

Just looked and the website is not helpful. I will call Monday.

 

This gun traveled a little. It was stolen over there and the guy I got it from was in Cameron and I am in Fayetteville.

 

The question is when do you stop going back? I guess the answer to that is when the next person says no.

 

The first one to say no is called Possession of Stolen Property. I could probably give the police an email address, phone number and name (or maybe alias) of who I got every one I own if it ever turned out to be stolen.

 

If it got a hit on NCIC, then I suspect you'll be getting a call from the Sheriff's Dept. Doesn't the system alert the reporting party when someone queries a listed serial no. ?

 

Isn't there a law about trafficking in stolen property? When you acquired it the first time you didn't know, but when you acquired it the second time you knowingly traded into a stolen item. This may be problematic, your good intentions notwithstanding.

In terms of trading backwards, what happens if the prior guy traded away already, then what do you trade for to "make it right." Seems complicated.

I would turn it in and take the financial hit, but I might talk to a lawyer first. I also wouldn't wait, last thing you want is for the sheriff to come looking.

 

You can go back to the guy and ask for your money back. If he refuses you have to take him to court.

 

A member on here contacted me once statin that a pistol he bought from me turned up as bein stolen. I called his bluff as it came from a pawn shop were all are searched for bein stolen.

I talked to the store manager and he made a few calls and basically said it was bs as none of his police contacts were able to turn up any information. He also had my contact information but never handed it over to the police officer that supposedly was on the case as I never received a call.

A few days later the store manager told me he had been contacted by the police he had called and they wanted to know if I wanted to pursue attempted fraud charges.

It was a bit nuts to say the least....but he said basically i was supposed to pay him then seek my money from the shop that sold it to me. He said this even though the shop he supposedly tried to sell it to paid him and kept the pistol. In the end I trusted the store manager that called the police while I stood by over someone that would not reply to me or my messages.

Not an easy call here...but I would wait until you could call and find out more info before choosing a course of action.

 

I didn't get the gun back. The sheriff's dept here has taken the sig from the gun shop to be transported to Beaufort county. I am going to try and contact the person I got it from and hopefully he is a stand up guy.

 

Sorry, I misread your initial post.

 

I bought a 4 wheeler years ago that ended up being stolen,, the police said that was my coarse of action.

 

I do have all of his info down to his social so I could file small claims. I think cameron is in Harnett county so I have to file there don't I?

 

How much real money did you have in the gun. If it's less than 500 bucks is it really worth going to court, I would call the guy and threaten him with a
Civil case but I wouldn't do it. You will probably loose that much in wages going after it not count just the aggravation.

 

Seek first to understand. Give the man a call.

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Seek first to understand. Give the man a call.

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For the record I'm assuming he will do this first in a civilized manner