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Sacto Boat Thieves Caught

By LaDonna | October 18, 2013 | Sacramento River |

While suburbanites fear homeless folks might steal their property, homeless-on-homeless crime is far more prevalent. Case in point, on Sunday, two apparently homeless men stole the Columbia 28 that Robert Mayse called home. 

Kirk Sharrah and Max Wilson were arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen property, namely Robert Mayse’s Columbia 28 Destiny.

© 2013 Sacramento Police Dept.

Mayse told Sacramento’s CBS 13 that he discovered the pair — Kirk Sharrah, 49, and Max Wilson, 41 — on Destiny, which was anchored on the Sacramento River. "I asked him, ‘What are you doing on my boat, fool?’ He said, ‘That’s not your boat, it’s my boat.’ I said, ‘Like hell it is, you better get your ass off.’” 

The duo attempted to set sail but, according to the news report, they couldn’t get the boat moving, so they fled in Mayse’s rubber raft. Police were waiting on shore to arrest the pair on suspicion of receiving stolen property. 

Mayse claims Destiny was ruined by the accused thieves, but it appears that long-term neglect hasn’t helped matters.

© CBS13

Details are sketchy at best and questions abound, but Mayse claims the pair ruined his boat, including the interior, sails and motor. He says home will now be a tent on the beach.

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