Lawsuit accuses actor Tom Selleck of stealing hydrant water for ranch in parched Cali

[spaminator]

Lawsuit accuses actor Tom Selleck of stealing hydrant water for ranch in parched California
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 02:09 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 02:21 PM EDT
VENTURA, Calif. -- A lawsuit accuses actor Tom Selleck of stealing truckloads of water from a public hydrant and bringing it to his ranch in drought-stricken Southern California.
A Ventura County water district claims a tanker truck filled up at a hydrant on more than a dozen occasions and hauled the water to a 60-acre spread in Westlake Village owned by the "Magnum, P.I." and "Blue Bloods" star.
Court documents dated June 30 say the Calleguas Municipal Water District spent nearly $22,000 to hire a private investigator to document the alleged thefts, which date back two years.
The lawsuit comes after California communities were ordered to cut water use by 25 per cent compared with 2013 levels amid a four-year dry spell.
Representatives for Selleck did not return messages seeking comment Wednesday.
Lawsuit accuses actor Tom Selleck of stealing hydrant water for ranch in parched

 

[#juan]

Lawsuit accuses actor Tom Selleck of stealing hydrant water for ranch in parched California
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 02:09 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 02:21 PM EDT
VENTURA, Calif. -- A lawsuit accuses actor Tom Selleck of stealing truckloads of water from a public hydrant and bringing it to his ranch in drought-stricken Southern California.
A Ventura County water district claims a tanker truck filled up at a hydrant on more than a dozen occasions and hauled the water to a 60-acre spread in Westlake Village owned by the "Magnum, P.I." and "Blue Bloods" star.
Court documents dated June 30 say the Calleguas Municipal Water District spent nearly $22,000 to hire a private investigator to document the alleged thefts, which date back two years.
The lawsuit comes after California communities were ordered to cut water use by 25 per cent compared with 2013 levels amid a four-year dry spell.
Representatives for Selleck did not return messages seeking comment Wednesday.
Lawsuit accuses actor Tom Selleck of stealing hydrant water for ranch in parched

Sounds like Selleck thinks the rules are for everyone else. He must have known that it would be illegal to back up a 10,000 gallon tanker truck (I don't know the size) to a hydrant and just fill it up. The stolen water was used for his avocado growing business. With all the water shortages in California, the authorities will not look too kindly these thefts.

 

[Ludlow]

Quigley down under was a fine movie

 

[#juan]

Quigley down under was a fine movie

What was the thread about Ludlow?

 

[Walter]

The only reason he's been charged is because he is a Republican, had he be a registered Dem we'd hear nothing of it.

 

[#juan]

The only reason he's been charged is because he is a Republican, had he be a registered Dem we'd hear nothing of it.

He was filling up tanker trucks at public hydrants and taking the water out of the county, I'm sure taxpayers would have something to say about that.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

The only reason he's been charged is because he is a Republican, had he be a registered Dem we'd hear nothing of it.

Poor Tom; that eats the swimming frog, the toad,
the tadpole, the wall-newt and the water; that in
the fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages,
eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat and
the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the
standing pool; who is whipped from tithing to
tithing, and stock- punished, and imprisoned; who
hath had three suits to his back, six shirts to his
body, horse to ride, and weapon to wear;
But mice and rats, and such small deer,
Have been Tom's food for seven long year.
Beware my follower. Peace, Smulkin; peace, thou fiend!

King Lear III, 4

 

[Walter]

Poor Tom; that eats the swimming frog, the toad,
the tadpole, the wall-newt and the water; that in
the fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages,
eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat and
the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the
standing pool; who is whipped from tithing to
tithing, and stock- punished, and imprisoned; who
hath had three suits to his back, six shirts to his
body, horse to ride, and weapon to wear;
But mice and rats, and such small deer,
Have been Tom's food for seven long year.
Beware my follower. Peace, Smulkin; peace, thou fiend!

King Lear III, 4

Always enjoyed Shakespeare.

 

[spaminator]

Tom Selleck settles legal dispute over alleged water theft
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 09:03 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, July 10, 2015 09:09 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES -- Tom Selleck reached a tentative settlement Thursday in a lawsuit that claims he stole truckloads of water from a public hydrant and took it to his ranch in drought-stricken California.
Resource manager Eric Bergh with the Calleguas Municipal Water District in Ventura County said he could not provide any details about the agreement until it's approved.
The proposed settlement will go before the district's water board Wednesday.
"Staff recommendation will be to accept," Bergh said.
A representative for Selleck didn't immediately return a request for comment. Selleck's wife was also named in the suit.
The lawsuit filed by the Calleguas Municipal Water District claims a tanker truck filled up at a hydrant and hauled water to Selleck's 60-acre ranch in Westlake Village more than a dozen times in the past two years.
The district said it spent nearly $22,000 for a private detective to investigate.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Department investigated the allegations but was unable to establish that a crime had taken place, Capt. John Reilly said on Wednesday.
According to the district, officials sent Selleck cease-and-desist letters to stop the water deliveries, but as recently as March a truck was seen filling up at a hydrant and delivering water to the ranch.
California has been hard hit by a four-year drought, and the community where Selleck has his land is under mandatory cutbacks as high as 36 per cent.
Tom Selleck settles legal dispute over alleged water theft | Celebrities | Enter

 

[Walter]

If the current idiot governor, Moonbeam, would have carried through on his father's water project California would have plenty of water in reservoirs to get through the drought without cutbacks.

 

[damngrumpy]

Water for agriculture is becoming a real problem and this is a poster boy for the
problem. There is a process and Tom does as he pleases oh and sorry to hear
is a Republican always thought he was a nice guy. Walter won't like that.
No he broke the rules and should pay for what he did

 

[taxslave]

He was filling up tanker trucks at public hydrants and taking the water out of the county, I'm sure taxpayers would have something to say about that.

Was he? Or was it a contractor? I couldn't find any specifics in the article other than it went to his ranch.