$83,486 Yakapiwa kuMunhu Akapfurwa Achiedza Kumisa Mbavha

Dare repamusoro reLos Angeles rakawana kupera kwemwedzi wapera kuti chitoro chezvishongo pakaitika humbavha ndicho chakanyanya kukonzera ronda repamapapu, chiropa uye colon yaMogford. Varidzi vezvitoro havabvumirani nazvo uye vari kuronga kupikisa mutongo uyu vachiti havafanirwe kupihwa mhosva nezvakaitwa nemuSamariya akanaka.

"Tinoda kuodza moyo yerudzi urwu rwesutu uye maitiro erudzi urwu," akadaro Noel E. Macaulay, gweta reanopomerwa Ben Bridge Jewelers.

Nezve zviito zvakaita kuti Mogford acherechedzwe segamba, Macaulay akati: “Haaifanira kunge akaita izvozvo. . . . Zviri dangerous chaizvo."

Dare redzimhosva rakasarudza kukuvadza kwakazara munyaya iyi kuve $119,267, asi vakaona kuti Mogford aive nemhosva ye30% yekukuvara kwake. Izvi zvinoreva kuti Mogford anokodzera kuunganidza isingapfuure madhora mazana masere nemakumi mana nemakumi masere nematanhatu kana mutongo wakamira.

Mamiriro ezvinhu munyaya iyi uye danho redare redzimhosva rekuti Mogford ave nemhosva yekukuvara kwake zvinomutsa mibvunzo pamusoro pezvinofanira kuitwa nevari pedyo kana vakaona mhosva ichienderera mberi.

Kunyange zvazvo chiito chevagari vemo chakananga chichiodzwa mwoyo zviri pamutemo, vakuru vezvemitemo nevatungamiriri vomunharaunda vakarumbidza zviito zvaMogford nokumutumidza kuti Redondo Beach Citizen of the Year muna 1987, gore pashure pokupfurwa.

Mukuru wemapurisa eRedondo Beach, Roger M. Moulton akakurudzira Mogford kuti atore mubairo uyu, achimurumbidza nekuda kwechido chake chekubatsira. Kunyange zvakadaro, mapurisa akarambidza kuita zvimwe chetezvo nevaya vasina kudzidziswa vanoona mhosva.

"Hatidi zvapupu zvichikanganisa kuchengetedzeka kwavo," Moulton akadaro mubvunzurudzo ichangopfuura. “Kana uchibirwa kana kuona humbavha usarambe kana kuedza kupindira. . . . Wana tsananguro, nhamba yerezinesi, uye utore ruzivo kumapurisa."

Mogford pachake iye zvino ane pfungwa dzechipiri pamusoro pezuva iro riri pedyo nerufu.

"Handichazviita zvakare. . . . Hapana chakakosha kupfurwa," akadaro. Zano rake rakafanana neraMoulton: “Kana ukaona humbavha, shandisa maziso ako, yeuka zvaunoona . . . ndokufonera mapurisa."

Mogford akati akanzwa kurevererwa nemutongo wedare uye akagumbuka nekuedza kwechitoro kumupomera mhosva nekuda kwechinangwa chake chakanaka.

Panguva yekupfura--Feb. 15, 1986--Mogford nemudiwa wake vakanga vachitenga zvindori zvemuchato muBen Bridge Jewelers. Mbavha yakabvuta mhete yedhaimondi yemadhora zviuru makumi maviri nezvipfumbamwe nemazana mapfumbamwe kubva mukesi yakanga yavhurwa. Sezvo mabharani akadanidzira nokuda kwebetsero, Mogford akadzinganisa ndokubata gororo riri shure.

"Maitiro angu ekutanga kwaive kubatsira, zvaive zvemusikirwo," akadaro Mogford. "Handina kufunga nezvemigumisiro."

Mogford akarembera kumusana, gororo rakaburitsa pfuti diki pasi pebhandi rake ndokupfura pabendekete rake, zvapupu zvakati. Bara rakapinda pabendekete raMogford ndokurova mapapu ake, chiropa necolon, mishumo inoratidza.

"Handina kana kunzwa pfuti," akadaro Mogford mubvunzurudzo ichangopfuura. Akati gororo rakabva rabuda, ndokutendeuka ndokuridza pfuti zvakare. "Zvese zvakaitika nekukasira, mukomana anga achidzokera kumashure uye achiri kupfura. . . . Ndakamhanyira mukati (muchitoro) kuti ndivayambire."

Kuzoti adzokera kuchitoro ndipo paakaona kuti akanga akuvara.

Mbavha iyi yakatiza ichibva yazobatwa mushure memazuva mashanu sekutaura kwemapurisa. Colton J. Simpson, makumi maviri nematanhatu, akazobvuma mhosva yekuba, kurova nechombo chinouraya uye kuedza kuuraya, mapurisa eRedondo Beach akashuma. VaSimpson vari kupika mutongo wemakore makumi maviri nemana mujeri.

Pakasvika May, 1986, Mogford akanga apora zvakakwana kuti aroore mudiwa wake, Ellyn, uye kudzokera kubasa somutyairi werori yesimende. Vava nemwana musikana.

Gweta raMogford, Robert S. Scuderi, akapikisa kuti vatungamiri veBen Bridge Jewelers muGalleria vaiva nemhosva yekukuvara kwaMogford nokuti havana kuita zvakakwana kuchengetedza vatengi vavo kubva kune gororo.

"Murume akaipa (Simpson) anga akatenderedza (akaisa chitoro) kwevhiki," akadaro Scuderi. Pazuva rokupamba, maneja wechitoro akadzinga Simpson muchitoro, asi akadzoka ndokukumbira kuona zvishongo zvakachipa. Pakavhurwa nyaya, akabata ring yediamond, akadaro Scuderi.

“Muridzi wechitoro aisaratidza hanya zvake. Ivo (mamaneja ezvitoro nemabharani) vaiziva kuti paiva nedambudziko . . . vaive nechisungo chekuchengetedza vatengi vavo, ”akadaro Scuderi. Chitoro ichi chaifanira kunge chakazivisa mapurisa kana mauto emumall security isati yabiwa, akadaro.

Gweta rechitoro chezvishongo Macaulay akapokana zvakanyanya, achiti hapana munhoroondo yechitoro kana mall kuratidza kubiwa kana kupfura kungangoitika. Mamaneja ezvitoro akange asina chikonzero chekufungira Simpson, akadaro.

Mubairo wejury unotsiva Mogford nemari yekurapa, akarasika mihoro uye kurwadziwa nekutambura.

Iyo Galleria yakatobhadhara Mogford $ 10,000 mukutaurirana kwakagadziriswa. Gweta rechitoro ichi rakati richakumbira kuti imwe madhora zviuru makumi manomwe nezvitatu nemazana mana nemakumi masere ane matanhatu yasara ibviswe nemutongi wedare kana kukwidza nyaya iyi kudare repamusoro.