[meteorite-list] Park Forest Saga continues.

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:10 2004
Message-ID: <20030421172205.73777.qmail_at_web10305.mail.yahoo.com>

but sorry, why no give Bensour material to the police,
I doubt this know what type of meteorite is park
forest - if you look park is similar to kilabo or
bensour in the surface. Go lost some african material
but no park forest.
Regards

Matteo

--- Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_attbi.com> wrote:
> Hello Mike, Hello List,
>
> If this is the same stone that dented the street and
> damaged the siding on the house I guess it could be
> called a "Hammer" or "Smasher" bringing $45.00 a
> gram on the open market. This would make the 116
> gram end cut worth over $5,000.00, looks like
> somebody is "Going to Disneyland"
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Adam
>
> P.S. I would get a receipt for your most generous
> "DONATION." Since you are a business I would file a
> 1099 misc form mentioning the receiving party since
> it is valued over $5,000.00, if applicable, to make
> the IRS aware of somebody else's sudden windfall and
> let the revenuers have a shot at it.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Farmer
> To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 4:44 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest Saga
> continues.
>
>
> Hello everyone. I am announcing a bit of news
> about Park Forest.
> I have been in negotiations with the Park Forest
> police dept for the last two weeks regarding the
> meteorite from Winslow St. I purchased 1/2 kilo of
> fragments from the owners, including the main mass,
> shortly after the fall.
> The owner had called the police when the fragments
> showered their house and car doing damage to both.
> The stone had impacted the street and apparently
> shattered, with most landing on the homeowners
> porch. They called the police and the police took
> the meteorites that night as evidence. When I went
> to Park Forest the next day, I made them offers and
> they went to the police and retrieved the specimens.
> I bought over 500 grams of fragments.
> One week later, the police chief contacted me in
> Tucson and demanded the meteorites back, saying that
> they were stolen property and belonged to the city.
> I told them how hard I found that to believe since
> they landed on the peoples property and damaged
> their home and car, and the police had relinquished
> it back to the homeowner. He told me that they
> didn't care, that now that the police knew the
> value, that they wanted them back, and that they
> were only going to go after my since I had the
> largest pieces. They did not care that almost 10
> other people got specimens from the Winslow Street
> meteorite, they just wanted my pieces back. I
> refused and forgot the matter. Then they contacted
> me again this week and demanded the stones back or
> they would start legal action against me!
> Well, what I am here to announce is that I
> have made a binding agreement with the Park Forest
> police Dept. I am giving them the endcut of the
> largest piece, and they are relinquishing all rights
> to any other pieces from that specimen.
> Unfortunately, I must give back a 116 gram endcut to
> the city. I paid several thousand dollars for the
> pieces and will get no compensation from the city.
> We decided that I would "DONATE" the specimen back
> to the city and they would allow me to keep the rest
> of the pieces.
> I am so offended that I had to do this, that I
> was the only target, even though they knew about so
> many other pieces. My attorney told me that
> undoubtedly I would prevail in any court case, but
> we decided that it was in my best interests to
> negotiate a quick settlement to avoid the hassle of
> the police.
> I am just warning people that even in America,
> sometimes due process is a joke. In order to save
> myself the problems, I just had to give in and
> submit to the police demands.
> Since this problem is solved, I have completed
> cutting the remaining pieces and will ship them to
> all the buyers tomorrow. This is one reason that
> many of you have not received your pieces yet.
> Does anyone have anything to input regarding
> the treatment by the Park Forest Police?
> I am not so sure that they want this piece back
> for the city, so I am taking it back personally and
> want to present it to the city council, NOT the
> police dept. If anyone is offered this endcut for
> sale by the police, PLEASE let us all know.
>
> Mike Farmer
>


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Received on Mon 21 Apr 2003 01:22:05 PM PDT