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Stolen Nutrient Bottles Returned To Dazey's Supply · KMUD News

• 0:00
  Speaker A: Early Sunday morning, Cash Garlinghouse, the general manager of Daisy's Building center in Garberville, woke up to a chime on his phone, an alert signaling that the ring cameras he'd recently installed at Daisy's were picking up activity.
• 0:15
  Speaker B: So I was able to hear a chime on some ring security system cameras that I just installed lately because of these break ins that have been occurring. So. So that was good. I was able to get on the phone with dispatch, which got ahold of the southern Humboldt sheriff, and we were able to get ahold of a community member that was able to go down and kind of see what was going on. So that way I could relay that information over to dispatch until they were able to get to the scene.
• 0:46
  Speaker A: This isn't the first time Daisies has been hit. Garlinghouse says the ongoing theft is the reason he installed the cameras in the first place.
• 0:53
  Speaker B: This location, you know, has run ins quite a bit, you know, in the past. I started, I took over in this location back in 2022, and even when I first started, I mean, every year we've had. We've had issues, but we just haven't been able to identify or catch anybody in the act.
• 1:10
  Speaker A: He'd installed the cameras just three weeks before this break in. Cash says there was a security system already in place, but the updated technology is what made the difference this time. When asked about Sheriff Taylor's claim that the stolen product had been recovered, Cash confirmed the details.
• 1:27
  Speaker B: Yeah, no, it was really cool. So we, you know, we caught them in the act. So there was about three bottles or three nutrients bottles that we were able to recover, but a total of eight was taken out of the building, so we were able to get those back. And then I got a call from the sheriff yesterday that they had another five bottles that were returned by somebody, residents here in the area. And so I was able to go pick those up. So, yeah, so all the product was
• 1:55
  Speaker A: recovered, the remaining five bottles were returned thanks to some good old fashioned community teamwork.
• 2:02
  Speaker B: Yeah, so what they had said is that somebody came out of their residence, they saw green tarp, and they looked underneath of it and there was bottles there. They heard about the story, put the two and two together, and then so brought it back to the sheriff was the story I was told.
• 2:17
  Speaker A: Cash also confirmed that Daisies will be pressing charges against the suspects involved in Sunday's theft.
• 2:23
  Speaker B: Yeah, so they. They arrested Rick Hoss and then he rolled on the two other people involved, which was John, John Scotsma, and then the other individual. I can't remember his last name. I wrote it down. I don't have it in front of me right now, so I don't want to misspeak, but. So, yeah, they have like a BOLO out on those two, which they're local, community or community members. They're kind of well known for this type of behavior.
• 2:49
  Speaker A: For now, Cash says Daisies will keep upgrading its security, though the store is happy with how well this cost effective camera system performed.
• 2:57
  Speaker B: You know, with technology nowadays, I mean, with everything, you know, going right to your phone, you know, there's AI integrations to it. So I mean, there's. It'll tell you exactly what vehicles, you know, you can even put facial recognition on there, you know, and this is just things, you know, ring cameras you can just buy at your Home Depot. So, I mean, it's pretty cool that it's affordable, you know, for local businesses and, you know, residents that they don't have to spend a fortune on security.
• 3:22
  Speaker A: With the total value of the attempted theft running into the thousands of dollars, this marks a successful recovery for Daisy's building, Center and justice on the way for those involved. Reporting for KMUN News, I'm Bridget Karsten.