I may have my own police abuse post on the near future....

I have been paying a Good Ole Boy cop to house sit for me while away, 200 dollars per month. In September, I paid him 1100 dollars to go pick up some equipment in another town that I bought in an online auction. This stuff cost me 1700 and would require a flatbed. He volunteered for the job. I find out a few days ago the wrecker company auctioned this stuff off due to a non-pickup at their storage yard, so now I am out 2800

I have been tracking this guy disreetly, and it appears he is off work due to an injury and from my correspondence with him he may be abusing pills. I have not let him know I am upset about the 2800 because he is still my "housesitter" and I have 10 grand worth of new appliances. I have a terrible feeling I am going to go home and find my house empty and this guy gone.

Either way, I am taking him to court when I return. All our correspondence was done on official government email, so I have the agreement on record. At the bare minimum, I want my 1100.

Needless to say, I am concerned about confronting him when I return because this is a sparsely poulated county where there are a lot of unsolved crimes that involve likely nepotism, and the entire police department and sheriffs department are related one way or another.