TO GO TO FEDERAL COURT AND THAT
COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS
BEFORE THEY CAN START THE
SEPARATION PROCESS.
KELLIE: NEW TONIGHT, BATTERIES
AND CHARGERS MISSING.
MORE THAN $50,000 WORTH STOLEN
FROM THE MICKE GROVE GOLF COURSE
IN LODI.
AS KCRA 3'S MELINDA MEZA
REPORTS, GOLFERS HAD TO SCRAMBLE
TODAY.
JUST SHOCK, JUST SHOCK.
MELINDA: SHOCK IS ONE WORD USED
TODAY BY AN EMPLOYEE AT MICKE
GROVE GOLF COURSE WHEN HE
LEARNED BATTERIES AND CHARGERS
WERE RIPPED OFF FROM THE GOLF
CARTS.
THE CART GUY NOTICED THE
CARTS NOT RUNNING.
LIFTED UP COUPLE OF SEATS,
BATTERIES WERE GONE.
MELINDA: GONE -- $59,250 WORTH
OF EQUIPMENT STOLEN IN THE
MORNING HOURS.
SOME GOLFERS SAY THEY WOULD NOT
EVEN BE ABLE TO COVER THE COURSE
WITHOUT THESE CARTS.
THEY HAD TO BUDDY UP SINCE HALF
THE FLEET WAS DOWN.
DISGUSTING.
THIEVES WOULD DO ANYTHING.
MELINDA: KEN DRAPER IS A RETIRED
LODI POLICE OFFICER.
HE SAYS HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
PLAY A ROUND ON THE GREENS
WITHOUT A CART.
I HAVE TO USE A CART BECAUSE
OF DISABILITY SO IT AFFECTS ME.
IF WE'RE OUT OF CARTS, I WON'T
PLAY.
I'LL GO HOME.
I COME OUT HERE ALL THE TIME.
THEY DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE
KIDS AND YOUTH PROGRAM SO I'M
SHOCKED THEY DID THAT.
FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WHY?
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF BREAKING
IN, BURGLARIZING, TAKING
BATTERIES?
MELINDA: THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SAYS THE
THIEVES MAY HAVE STOLEN THE
CHARGERS AND BATTERIES TO SELL.
CHARGERS ARE WORTH $1000 EACH
AND BATTERIES ARE WORTH $150
EACH.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IF
SOMETHING ISN'T NAILED DOWN,
IT'S FREE TO STEAL.
MELINDA: BUT IT'S NOT PAR FOR
THE COURSE.
IF CAUGHT, THE THIEF OR THIEVES
WOULD FACE FELONY CHARGES.
THEY'LL FIND THEM.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY BRIGHT.
THEY'LL TRY TO SELL THEM AND
WE'LL GET THEM.
MELINDA: IN LODI, MELINDA MEZA,
KCRA 3 NEWS.
KELLIE: 51 CHARGERS AND 46
BATTERIES WERE TAKEN.
THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S