Outfitter finds its stuff listed on eBay; teacher indicted

In late May 2008, one of the owners of Reed's Family Outdoor Outfitters in Walker, Minn., noticed that items from its stores were showing up for sale, cheap, on the online auction site eBay, usually with the store's price stickers still attached.

[Patty]

What a wonderful role model Mr. Gregoire was to his students. "David Earl" sounds like he might be from Kentucky, right? I hope this scumbag is put away for many, many years.

[OldFart]

I thought teachers were supposed to be smart.Didn't steal the stuff my a s s.Hey dummy(Mr.Gregoire) if you just didn't pay for it that's stealing...Glad my kid wasen't in his class.No wonder why there's so many young criminals out there.

[adarell]

sounds like an educated,dumd&stupid person to me.

[Sarah D]

Most of the merchandise still had the stickers from the store on it? Man this guy was dumb as a box of rocks.

That was fortunate for the store however because if he had been smart they probably still wouldn't know what was happening.

[Incredible70]

$500,000 in inventory missing over 3 years...how do people like this run a business? Regular inventories would have shown this loss trend early and action could have been taken to stop it. At the very least, a complete inventory should be done twice a year.

[DD Austin]

The guy sounds like a "NUT CASE" - an "EDUCATED IDIOT!"
Wonder how he'll like the prison food?

[Michael Nielsen]

Not to dispute the facts of this story directly, but I know for certain that E Bay does not allow the sale of firearms on its website. Only airsoft and paintball guns are permitted to be sold.

[Ding Dong]

a dead give away when you....in, ah, um, and well,I think you get the picture

[Tybalt]

Reed's Family Outdoor Outfitters needs to hire a professional manager right away. obviously they don't know how to to this by themselves.

[DFL4LIFE]

It's not surprising that our teachers have been reduced to doing things like this to just survive. Funding for public education is in crisis, but the only comments to be seen are the usual, bashing the educators of our kids. Shameful.

[Commonsense Man]

DFL4LIFE wrote:

It's not surprising that our teachers have been reduced to doing things like this to just survive. Funding for public education is in crisis, but the only comments to be seen are the usual, bashing the educators of our kids. Shameful.

I know you're pulling our chains with this inane comment, but the shameful thing is the guy who stole and you for rationalizing it. You are amazingly biased and prejudiced.

[Commonsense Man]

Sarah D wrote:

Most of the merchandise still had the stickers from the store on it? Man this guy was dumb as a box of rocks.
That was fortunate for the store however because if he had been smart they probably still wouldn't know what was happening.

Yeah and to top it off he was a teacher. Another case for breaking their union.

[Feces Occurs]

Free enterprise. What he took for free he turned into an enterprise.

[Porkulus]

Police: Idaho teacher caught in bushes with boy, 13

http://www.katu.com/news/59740637.html

Story Updated: Sep 18, 2009 at 10:15 AM PDT By KBCI Web Staff MERIDIAN - Officials say a southwestern Idaho middle school teacher was caught with a 13-year-old boy in Meridian Thursday night behind some bushes.

Police say the 37-year-old teacher at Meridian Middle School, Ashley Jo Beach, has been having a sexual relationship with the 13-year-old for several months.

Meridian Police says Beach was arrested for lewd conduct with a child under 16.

Officers received a call of suspicious circumstances around 9:30 p.m. Thursday night in the area of Cherry Lane and Vineyards, which is a few blocks away from the school.

When they arrived they found Beach and the boy laying down between the bushes and a fence, partially concealed from view. The officers questioned both of them but found several inconsistencies in their explanations of why they were there.

Police say the relationship began in April and lasted until Thursday night. According to the middle school's website, Beach taught math and science.

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Bushes fault!