Police: Man stole boats, tried to sell on local radio station
Maine State Police believe a Farmington man was stealing watercraft and attempting to sell them on a local radio station. (Photo courtesy of Department of Public Safety)
FARMINGTON - A local man has been charged with five counts of theft, after police say he stole several boats and tried to sell them on WKTJ's Phone-Mart program.
Daniel Dustin, 22, of Farmington is suspected to have stolen a total of nine boats; kayaks, canoes and a paddleboat from owners in Franklin and Kennebec County, according the Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland. Local and state police were involved in the investigation.
Dustin is suspected of stealing the watercraft and then phoning them in to the Phone-Mart program on WKTJ, where users call and offer to sell various items.
"Trooper Matt Casavant said Dustin then would call Farmington radio station WKTJ and attempt to sell [the boats]," McCausland said in a statement released Thursday.
Most of the boats have been recovered, although police are still searching for a Dimension Typhoon kayak, allegedly stolen from Fayette, which was sold. State police also have recovered a kayak and canoe, McCausland said, and are searching for the boats' original owners. Anyone with information should contact the State Police barracks in Skowhegan at 474-3350.
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I've bought and sold alot of things on Phone Mart . It's a great service!
and I so love kayak we bought from him wish it hadn't of been stolen. If they do not find the owner I hope we can have it back. After all we paid him good money for it and so far we have not seen a dime back.
How desperate can somebody be to steal and then try selling on WKTJ...thats just sick! go to work and earn money to buy your own stuff...come on!
What a genius. "I'm gonna steal some property and try to fence it on the public airwaves." Dumb AND lazy.
Buyer Beware.
Also if you're not careful,,Receiving stolen goods (that's a crime).
Was he also selling waterfront property in Arizona?
"This" Rocket Scientist might lose his scholarship to Harvard now,,,oh nooo!!
Buyer Beware.
My son had a snowblower stolen from his front porch. This happened on High Street in Wilton during the day. Makes a person wonder.....
"The times they are a-changin'"
The new interpretation of Free Enterprise.
In this small town the police still care about these crimes, thank you lads for that.
In the cities, this would get a little paperwork and a wave of the hand.
What will this winter bring as jobs get more scarce.
I, for one, wouldn't want to be any place else.
@askmeEyeNo..... "receiving stolen goods thats a crime.... " pretty sad when you cant even buy from someone advertising on KTJ without becoming a criminal. what do people have to do, save receipts for the rest of their life just so they can prove to the next person they want to sell it to that it truly IS theirs??? WKTJ has been around for as long as I can remember, and people like this could possible end up being the bad apples that ruin this GREAT service !!! GET A JOB AND PULL YOUR OWN WEIGHT HONESTLY PEOPLE !!! I mean REALLY ! ! My question is... were they relatives to the low lifes returning stuff to the touch of class without a receipt ! Low, Low LOW !!!
It certainly is sad.
Although if the item was called into the phone mart It would be pretty easy to show you were not in cahoots with the theft.
It's just something to keep in mind is all.
Receiving stolen goods is no small thing.
Make sure you can CYA if you need to.
Remember, things are not as black and white as they seem. While he should pay for the crime he has committed, he should also recieve some sort of mental help. I personally know him, and the family from which he came. As I'm sure you can imagine, he came from parents who have had many run in's with law enforcement. Throughout his life there have been multiple events that have negatively effected his idea of ethics. I do believe that there are sone mental and/or developmental issues going on there. Most people are a produc of their environment, and with proper rehabilitation and consequences, he could break the circle, and contribute positively to the community.