$83,486 Yaperekedwa kwa Munthu Wowombera Kuyesa Kuletsa Wakuba

Khothi Lalikulu la Los Angeles linapeza kumapeto kwa mwezi watha kuti malo ogulitsa zodzikongoletsera komwe kunaba ndi omwe adayambitsa bala lachipolopolo pamapapu a Mogford, chiwindi ndi m'matumbo. Eni sitolowo akutsutsa ndipo akukonzekera kutsutsa chigamulocho, ponena kuti sayenera kuimbidwa mlandu chifukwa cha zochita za Msamariya Wachifundo.

"Tikufuna kukhumudwitsa mtundu uwu wa suti ndi khalidwe lotere," adatero Noel E. Macaulay, loya wa Ben Bridge Jewelers.

Ponena za zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Mogford adziwike ngati ngwazi, Macaulay adati: "Sakanayenera kuchita izi. . . . Ndi zowopsa. "

Oweruza adatsimikiza kuti chiwonongeko chonse pamlanduwo chinali $119,267, koma adapeza kuti Mogford anali ndi mlandu wa 30% chifukwa chovulala. Izi zikutanthauza kuti Mogford ndiye woyenera kutolera ndalama zosaposa $83,486 ngati chigamulocho chilipo.

Mikhalidwe pamlanduwo komanso ganizo la oweruza kuti asunge Mogford kuti ali ndi mlandu pang'ono pazomwe adadzivulaza zimadzutsa mafunso okhudza zomwe oima pafupi ayenera kuchita ngati awona mlandu ukuchitika.

Ngakhale kuti kuchitapo kanthu mwachindunji kwa nzika sikuletsedwa, akuluakulu azamalamulo ndi atsogoleri ammudzi adayamika zomwe Mogford adachita pomutcha kuti Redondo Beach Citizen of the Year mu 1987, patatha chaka chimodzi chiwomberedwa.

Mkulu wa apolisi ku Redondo Beach Roger M. Moulton adalimbikitsa Mogford kuti alandire mphothoyo, ndikumuyamika chifukwa chofunitsitsa kuthandiza. Komabe, ngakhale panthawiyo, apolisi analetsa kuchita zofananazo ndi anthu osaphunzitsidwa omwe amawona umbanda.

"Sitikufuna kuti mboni zikuwononge chitetezo chawo," adatero Moulton poyankhulana posachedwa. “Ngati akuberedwa kapena kuona akubera, musakane kapena kuyesa kutenga nawo mbali. . . . Pezani malongosoledwe, nambala ya laisensi, ndipo dziwitsani apolisi."

Mogford mwiniwake tsopano ali ndi malingaliro achiwiri za tsiku lomwe latsala pang'ono kufa.

“Sindikanachitanso. . . . Palibe choyenera kuwomberedwa," adatero. Uphungu wake uli wofanana ndi wa Moulton: “Ukaona mbava, gwiritsira ntchito maso ako, kumbukira zimene uwona . . . ndi kuyimbira apolisi."

Mogford adati adawona kuti watsimikizidwa ndi chigamulo cha oweruza ndipo adakhumudwa ndi zomwe sitoloyo idayesa kumuimba mlandu chifukwa cha zolinga zake zabwino.

Pa nthawi yowombera--Feb. 15, 1986-Mogford ndi bwenzi lake anali kugula mphete zaukwati ku Ben Bridge Jewelers. Wakubayo adalanda mphete ya diamondi ya $29,900 pamlandu wotseguka. Pamene kalalikiyo anakuwa kuti amuthandize, Mogford anathamangitsa ndikugwira wachifwambayo kumbuyo.

"Choyamba chomwe ndidachita chinali kuthandiza, zinali zachibadwa," adatero Mogford. "Sindinaganizire zotsatira zake."

Mogford atapachikidwa pamsana, wachifwambayo adatulutsa mfuti yaing'ono pansi pa lamba wake ndikumuwombera paphewa, mboni zidatero. Chipolopolocho chinalowa paphewa la Mogford ndikugunda mapapu ake, chiwindi ndi m'matumbo, malipoti akuwonetsa.

"Sindinamve ngakhale kuwombera," adatero Mogford m'mafunso aposachedwa. Iye adati chigawengacho chinatuluka, n’kutembenuka n’kuwomberanso. "Zonse zidachitika mwachangu kwambiri, mnyamatayo adabwerera kumbuyo ndikumawombera. . . . Ndinathamangira m’sitolo (m’sitolo) kuti ndikawachenjeze.”

Mpaka pamene anabwerera m’sitolo m’pamene anazindikira kuti wavulala.

Wakubayo adathawa pamalopo ndipo adagwidwa patatha masiku asanu, malinga ndi apolisi. Colton J. Simpson, 26, pamapeto pake adavomera mlandu woba, kumenya ndi chida chakupha komanso kuyesa kupha, adatero apolisi a Redondo Beach. Simpson akutumikira m'ndende zaka 24, adatero.

Pofika Meyi, 1986, Mogford anali atachira mokwanira kuti akwatire bwenzi lake, Ellyn, ndi kubwereranso kuntchito yoyendetsa galimoto ya simenti. Tsopano ali ndi mwana wamkazi.

Woyimira mlandu wa Mogford, Robert S. Scuderi, adanena kuti oyang'anira Ben Bridge Jewelers ku Galleria anali ndi mlandu chifukwa cha kuvulala kwa Mogford chifukwa sanachite zokwanira kuti ateteze makasitomala awo kwa wachifwamba.

"Munthu woyipayo (Simpson) wakhala akuzungulira (akusunga sitolo) kwa sabata," adatero Scuderi. Patsiku lakuba, woyang'anira sitoloyo adathamangitsa Simpson m'sitolo, koma adabweranso ndikufunsa kuti awone zodzikongoletsera zotsika mtengo. Mlandu utatsegulidwa, adagwira mphete ya diamondi, adatero Scuderi.

“Mwini sitoloyo sanasonyeze chisamaliro wamba. Iwo (oyang'anira sitolo ndi makalaliki) ankadziwa kuti pali vuto . . . anali ndi udindo woteteza makasitomala awo," adatero Scuderi. Sitoloyo imayenera kudziwitsa apolisi kapena mabungwe achitetezo amsika zisanachitike, adatero.

Woyimira sitolo ya zodzikongoletsera Macaulay sanagwirizane nazo, ponena kuti palibe chilichonse m'mbiri ya sitolo kapena malo ogulitsa kusonyeza kuti kuba kapena kuwombera kungachitike. Oyang'anira sitolo analibe chifukwa chokayikira Simpson, adatero.

Mphotho ya oweruza amalipira Mogford pazamankhwala, ndalama zotayika komanso zowawa komanso kuvutika.

Galleria adalipira kale Mogford $ 10,000 pakukambirana komwe adakambirana. Loya wa sitolo ya zodzikongoletsera adati apempha kuti $73,486 yotsalayo ipatsidwe pambali ndi woweruza woweruza kapena achite apilo mlanduwu kukhoti lalikulu.