Just put the AB stuff aside for a second.
This law is ridiculous and is what I posted about in my story about a moving van that basically held us hostage and could charge any amount, and the police couldn’t help us. Because apparently you can “steal” your own possessions if they are in a moving van. So taking your own possession like this, and exceeding $1,000 would make it a felony. My wife and I, along with some neighbors, thought about just taking our stuff back and apparently would have faced a felony charge? That is f’d up.
I have no doubt AB was an idiot and caused this, and then you have the battery charge, too, so I can’t defend this clown. But this law really needs to be changed. I understand why it would come into existence because you couldn’t, for example, break into someone else’s house to take an item you claim belongs to you...but moving vans need a different classification because this is moronic and encourages scammers to capitalize on a legal loophole.
Now back to your scheduled AB programming.