Guy Stole $9,200 Worth Of Golf Equipment Because He's Addicted To Golf
Washington – The Bremerton Police Department is blaming “golf addiction” after a 26-year-old Kirkland man was arrested on suspicion of stealing up to 50 golf clubs and more from the Gold Mountain Golf Course last month. According to police, the suspect threw a patio chair through the Pro Shop window sometime overnight between May 25 and May 26 and absconded with $9,200 worth of golf equipment, including dozens of clubs. Detectives identified the suspect through a listing on eBay for some of the stolen clubs, as well as security camera footage and other information, and served a search warrant at his Kirkland apartment Wednesday. In addition to some of the stolen equipment, the suspect’s apartment included golf paraphernalia, photos of himself playing golf and a hat reading, “Born to Golf, Forced to Work,” according to police. Detectives noted the suspect did not appear to be employed and had played at Gold Mountain at least eight times in the past year. “Burglaries are often the result of addictions – drugs, alcohol or gambling,” Bremerton Police Chief Steve Strachan said in a press release. “I think this is the first one we have seen that looks like a golf addiction.” The suspect was arrested and booked into Kitsap County Jail for investigation of trafficking in stolen property and burglary. He is being held on $200,000 bail. According to police, the suspect has no prior criminal record; so he’s got that going for him, which is nice.
We’ve all felt this way. Just completely addicted to something. It’s all you think about, all you care about, all you talk about, all you steal about. For some people it’s hobbies like photography and they buy 100 different lenses and take a bunch of dumb ass pictures then give it up after a few weeks and a couple grand of shit later. For some people it’s a random Disney movie and they watch it 7 times in the last 4 days, and for this dude, it’s golf. Completely enamored with it. When golfing wasn’t feeding his addiction, he did what everyone would do, and chased his golf addiction with a nice little felony. What was he going to do, not get the best equipment possible? You NEED those new shiny clubs. They were taunting him through the window, begging to be stolen. The patio chair basically jumped through the window itself, he barely had a say in it.
PS: Total hardo pics by the cops to get their guns in the pic with the hat. There was no real need for the pic, but they HAD to do it. I imagine every police station exactly like they portray it in Super Troopers, and this was just something they made a bet on. I imagine they try to work random things into pics. Like the next one will have a live chicken in it.
PS: Sneaky last line by the writer of the article.