In an effort to make this thread more about being called a liar, and less about bashing LE (Which I would have no reason to do), I'll share this story:

My brother-in-law has a new girlfriend.. she does cleaning for a living, apparently to include salvaging of metals, etc...

I have some cleanup that I haven't gotten to, and she volunteered to help, in exchange for being able to sell the metals for salvage value (there was some steel, some old copper wiring & some aluminum from a trailer).. when they were there, my wife mentioned some steel stairs that we had removed (they were on a deck that I dismantled) and that she would "ask me if it was ok".. the girlfriend had brought an "accomplice" (for lack of a better word) that was helping her... he enthusiastically responded "I'll take them, my brother can use them for the loft in his barn" my wife reiterated she had to check with me- then mentioned it to me, and I was agreeable to them having the stairs, if "they knew someone who could use them as stairs, they're worth more the scrap"

my wife did NOT convey this information yet, but 2 days later I come home (after dark) to the stairs partially cut up (they wouldn't fit in his mini-truck, so he was cutting them up into thirds, and was taking them to salvage as scrap, because "his brother hadn't gotten back to him yet"), and some other steel I-Beams were out next to the stairs that were never part of the deal...

I contacted my brother-in-law to find out what was going on, and he said the "accomplice" was on his way back to pick up the I-Beams.. caught him after he loaded them up, and confronted him...

He started to tell me that my wife had said it was ok (she didn't), but seemed to realize from my reaction that the lie was not going to fly... and agreed to put them back... after verifying the conversations (or lack thereof), I informed the girlfriend that her "accomplice" was no longer welcome on my property, as he could not be trusted...

I don't know why he thought I would believe somebody I've NEVER met who shows up unannounced AFTER DARK to load up property that didn't belong to him >instead< of my wife of nearly 20 years, the mother of my children...

at some point, he realized this too, and has not been back since- I would at a minimum press charges for trespassing...