Posted by Rob Farrow on December 14, 1999 at 17:20:57:
In Reply to: Diver charged with theft! posted by Colin Zylka on December 14, 1999 at 16:00:51:
: Saw an article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel on 12/13/99.
: An Illinois man was charged with criminal damage to property for allegedly stealing a porthole valued at over $1000.00 from the shipwreck ROSINCO. When a conservation warden questioned the diver on October 28, 1998 at Northpoint Marina in Winthrop Harbor, Ill., the diver stated he and another person had just retunred from diving the ROSINCO. The diver showed the warden the porthole, but said he had taken it more than 10 years ago. He later admitted that he had just taken the piece off the wreck, according to the crminal complaint. The diver is scheduled to appear in Kenosha County Circuit Court on January 18.
: Any opinions out there???
It's people like him that give sport diving a bad name.
It's also the reason that places like Ontario are facing
Restrictions and Licensing on Wreck Diving. I getting
tired of being penalized for other peoples actions.
This has got to stop or none of us will be diving wrecks
Anymore!!