https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/5/man-steals-solar-panels-from-school-to-buy-dr.htm truesee's Blog: Man Steals Solar Panels From School to Buy Drugs en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/5/man-steals-solar-panels-from-school-to-buy-dr.htm#c37127 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/5/man-steals-solar-panels-from-school-to-buy-dr.htm#c37127 Sun, 24 May 2009 04:40:58 GMT Kaptainess <br />There was one horrible job that my manager refused to put me on. I can't tell you what was in that apartment, but the other two apartments had to be relocated due to health concerns. <br /><br />Need I say my manager liked me? LOL! ONLY because I was one of his best workers and did things to make him look good.<br /><br />Clothes, furniture, TV's, all left behind because of crack. There would be signs that told the story, crack containers all over the place, they were called 'caps'.... [ More ]

]]> Kaptainess https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/5/man-steals-solar-panels-from-school-to-buy-dr.htm https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/5/man-steals-solar-panels-from-school-to-buy-dr.htm Sun, 24 May 2009 01:55:08 GMT truesee Man Steals Solar Panels From School to Buy Drugs

Samuel R. Avro on Friday, May 22, 2009

The story of one guy s innovative usage of

some smokin hot solar panels, and a dumb

phone call from prison

A school in Chico, Calif., that had 46 rooftop

solar panels valued at nearly $50,000 stolen

from its rooftop in February, has now learned

how and why the heist occured.

An attorney for 32-year-old Christopher Bess, who was identified on surveillance video taken in the area of the school, said that his client stole the solar panels because he needed them to buy drugs. Bess entered into a plea bargain in court on Tuesday, and because he has a prior assault conviction can face up to 7 years in prison for the crime.

But the story gets even more interesting.

Bess was in jail and awaiting sentencing for a felony drug charge, a result of the surveillance footage which allowed police only to arrest him on a drug-transportation charge but not for the solar heist , when he made a call from prison to a friend, asking him to empty out the solar panels from two rented storage units where they were being hidden. Needless to say, his calls were being covertly monitored and the police were immediately dispatched to the location where 17 of the solar panels turned up along with various other stolen property.

His lawyer said that Bess could have faced a 15 year sentence had he gone to trial and been convicted on all counts.

The storage shed, rented under his girlfriend s name, also contained stolen bicycles, lawn-care equipment, plus cold-weather gear stolen from a local non-profit group that assists military veterans.

What was found in the storage shed, his behavior, is indicative of a drug addict going on a run, the suspect s lawyer observed.

Bess was ordered held without bail pending next month s sentencing.

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