[Black Tooth]

Inside his home, the soldiers found automobile parts stacked 8 feet high, a new off-road motorcycle and various electronics, including a video game system with a pawn shop ticket still attached.

I hope that there is still some fingerprint evidence. If those prints are in the system, then I hope the culprits are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Huh?

You need no finger print evidence when stolen good are found inside your own home.

[rdb3]

Huh?

You need no finger print evidence when stolen good are found inside your own home.

"Huh" hell.

You would need fingerprints to charge and prosecute the ones who actually did the taking.

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[NonValueAdded]

Actually, under a mandatory evac order with periods of no law enforcement control, yes you do need evidence beyond the presence of stolen goods in order to gain a conviction. You could just as easily return from your temporary exile to find squatters in your home or evidence that some had been there. It is not unreasonable to think that the squatters also stashed their loot in your house during their occupation. Unlikely? Far fetched? Perhaps, but all it takes is reasonable doubt and I am sure there will be documented cases to which a new defendant can point. It will take additional corroborating evidence if the defense attorney is even marginally competent.