[2banana]

You don’t get to keep stolen goods. Even if you purchased them in good faith. Ask any Pawn Store owner. Is there more to this story?

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“Laubach also wrote on Wine Berserkers: “The maddening thing is that there is a very prominent store in DC that admitted to me and my brother that he had bought our wines from Mr Holder. His resolution was to sell them back to us at his cost.”

[Pontiac]

I believe that if he does not return the wine in Maryland he would be guilty of Possession stolen property.

Possession of Stolen Property Section 7-104(c)

Under Section 7-104(c)(1) it is illegal for a person to

(1) knowingly, or believing property has likely been stolen,

(2) be in possession of stolen property

(3) when the individual:

• Intentionally or knowingly conceals, uses, or abandons the property in such a way that the property owner is deprived of the property, or

• Acts with the intent to deprive the owner of the property, or

• Conceals, uses, or abandons the property in a manner that the individual knows will likely deprive the owner of the property.