I guess if this really happened, I would expect that you would follow up on it with the police, and that the resulting court action would become public record-- reportable here.

Other than information like that, which can be specific and can be said to be neutral, all we can really take from this is the reminder that we are all responsible for our own judgment about people anmd our own decisions about taking risks.

Mudcatters should not be assumed to be exempt from our reasonable caution about people we do not know well.

~Susan