Hāʻawi ʻia he $83,486 i ke kanaka pana e hoʻāʻo e hoʻōki i ka ʻaihue

Ua ʻike kekahi kiure o ka ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Kiʻekiʻe o Los Angeles i ka hopena o ka mahina i hala aku nei, ʻo ka hale kūʻai mea kūʻai kahi i hana ʻia ai ka ʻaihue, ʻo ia ke kumu nui o ka pōkā i ka ʻūmāmā, ate a me ke koko o Mogford. ʻAʻole ʻae ka poʻe nona ka hale kūʻai a hoʻolālā e hoʻokūkū i ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole pono lākou e hoʻopaʻi ʻia no nā hana a kahi Samaria maikaʻi.

"Makemake mākou e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kēia ʻano lole a me kēia ʻano hana," wahi a Noel E. Macaulay, loio no ka mea i hoopiiia Ben Bridge Jewelers.

No nā hana i lanakila ai ʻo Mogford i ka manaʻo o ke koa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Macaulay: "ʻAʻole pono ʻo ia e hana i kēlā. . . . He mea weliweli loa."

Ua hoʻoholo ke kiure i ka nui o nā poho o ka hihia he $119,267, akā ua ʻike ʻo Mogford he 30% ke kuleana no kona mau ʻeha. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki iā Mogford ke hōʻiliʻili ma mua o $83,486 inā kū ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo.

ʻO nā kūlana i loko o ka hihia a me ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ke kiure e hoʻopaʻa hapa iā Mogford no kāna mau hōʻeha ponoʻī e hāpai i nā nīnau e pili ana i nā mea e kū nei ke hana inā ʻike lākou i kahi hewa e holomua ana.

ʻOiai ua hoʻonāwaliwali ʻia ka hana kuʻuna kupa, ua hoʻomaikaʻi nā luna hoʻokō kānāwai a me nā alakaʻi kaiāulu i nā hana a Mogford ma ke kapa ʻana iā ia ʻo Redondo Beach Citizen of the Year ma 1987, hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka pana ʻana.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Redondo Beach Police Chief Roger M. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Moulton iā Mogford no ka makana, e hoʻomaikaʻi ana iā ia no kona makemake ʻole e kōkua. ʻOiai naʻe, ua hōʻole nā ​​mākaʻi i nā hana like ʻole e ka poʻe i aʻo ʻole ʻia e ʻike i kahi hewa.

"ʻAʻole mākou makemake i nā mea hōʻike e hoʻoweliweli i ko lākou palekana ponoʻī," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Moulton i kahi hālāwai ninaninau. "Inā ʻaihue ʻia ʻoe a ʻike paha i kahi pōā, mai kūʻē a hoʻāʻo e komo. . . . E kiʻi i kahi wehewehe, helu laikini, a lawe i ka ʻike i ka mākaʻi."

Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo Mogford iā ia iho i kēlā lā kokoke i ka make.

"ʻAʻole wau e hana hou. . . . ʻAʻohe mea kūpono ke kiʻi ʻia, "wahi āna. Ua like kāna ʻōlelo aʻo me Moulton: "Inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi pōā, e hoʻohana i kou mau maka, e hoʻomanaʻo i kāu mea e ʻike ai. . . a kāhea aku i nā mākaʻi."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mogford, ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua ʻae ʻia ʻo ia e ka ʻōlelo a ke kiure a me ka huhū i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka hale kūʻai e hoʻopiʻi iā ia no kāna mau manaʻo maikaʻi.

I ka manawa o ka pana ana--Feb. 15, 1986--E kūʻai ana ʻo Mogford a me kāna kāne hoʻopalau i nā apo mare ma Ben Bridge Jewelers. Ua hopu ka ʻaihue i ke apo daimana he $29,900 mai kahi pahu hāmama. I ka ʻuā ʻana o ke kākau ʻōlelo no ke kōkua, alualu ʻo Mogford a hopu i ka pōā ma hope.

"ʻO kaʻu hana mua ʻo ia ke kōkua, ʻo ia ka instinctive," wahi a Mogford. "ʻAʻole au i noʻonoʻo i ka hopena."

Me Mogford e kau ana ma kona kua, ua huki ka powa i kahi pu panapana liʻiliʻi mai lalo mai o kona kāʻei a kiʻi akula ma luna o kona poʻohiwi, wahi a nā mea hōʻike. Ua komo ka poka ma ka poʻohiwi o Mogford a kuʻi i kona māmā, ake a me ke koko, e hōʻike ana nā hōʻike.

"ʻAʻole wau i lohe i ka pana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Mogford i kahi hālāwai ninaninau. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hemo ka pōā, huli aʻe a kipi hou. "Ua wikiwiki loa nā mea a pau, ua hoʻi hope ke kanaka a pana mau. . . . Holo hou au i loko (ka hale kūʻai) e aʻo iā lākou."

ʻAʻole a hiki i kona hoʻi ʻana i ka hale kūʻai, ʻike ʻo ia ua ʻeha ʻo ia.

Ua mahuka ka aihue a ua hopu ia i na la elima mahope mai, wahi a ka makai. ʻO Colton J. Ua ʻae ʻo Simpson, 26, i ka hewa i ka pōā, ka hoʻouka kaua me kahi mea pepehi kanaka a me ka hoʻāʻo e pepehi kanaka, ua hōʻike ʻia e nā mākaʻi ʻo Redondo Beach. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Simpson i kahi hoʻopaʻi paʻahao 24 makahiki, wahi a lākou.

Ma Mei, 1986, ua ola o Mogford no ka male ʻana i kāna kāne hoʻopalau, ʻo Ellyn, a hoʻi e hana ma ke ʻano he kaʻa kaʻa sima. He pēpē kā lāua i kēia manawa.

ʻO ka loio ʻo Mogford, ʻo Robert S. Scuderi, ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia nā luna o Ben Bridge Jewelers ma Galleria no nā ʻeha o Mogford no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i hana i ka pale ʻana i kā lākou mea kūʻai mai ka pōā.

"ʻO ke kanaka ʻino (Simpson) ke kau nei a puni (ka hale kūʻai) no hoʻokahi pule," wahi a Scuderi. I ka lā o ka pōā, ua kipaku ka luna hale kūʻai iā Simpson mai ka hale kūʻai aku, akā ua hoʻi mai ʻo ia a noi aku e ʻike i kekahi mau mea nani. I ka wehe ʻana o ka hihia, ua hopu ʻo ia i ke apo daimana, wahi a Scuderi.

"ʻAʻole i hōʻike ka mea hale kūʻai i ka mālama maʻamau. Ua ʻike lākou (nā luna hale kūʻai a me nā kākau ʻōlelo) he pilikia. . . he kuleana ko lākou e pale aku i kā lākou mea kūʻai aku, "wahi a Scuderi. Pono ka hale kūʻai i makaʻala i nā mākaʻi a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea palekana mall ma mua o ka pōā, wahi āna.

ʻAʻole ʻae ka loio hale kūʻai Jewelry Macaulay, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻohe mea ma ka moʻolelo o ka hale kūʻai a i ʻole ka hale kūʻai e hōʻike ai i ka pōā a i ʻole ka pana ʻana. ʻAʻohe kumu o nā luna hale kūʻai e kānalua ai iā Simpson, wahi āna.

ʻO ka makana a ke kiure e uku iā Mogford no nā lilo lapaʻau, nā loaʻa nalowale a me ka ʻeha a me ka ʻeha nui.

Ua uku mua ka Galleria iā Mogford i $10,000 ma kahi hoʻoholo i kūkākūkā ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo ka loio o ka hale kūʻai waiwai e noi ʻo ia e waiho ʻia ke koena $73,486 e ka luna kānāwai hoʻokolokolo a i ʻole e hoʻopiʻi i ka hihia i kahi ʻaha kiʻekiʻe.