People v. Boegeman CA4/1

FACTS

Boegeman and David Schroeder shared an apartment in Escondido. Boegeman

provided caretaking services to Schroeder in exchange for room and board. Their

neighbor, Douglas Goll, bought and sold items on eBay for them and kept two percent of

the proceeds of the items he sold as a commission. Boegeman and Schroeder told Goll

they did not want to sell items in their own names because they did not want to show

income that would jeopardize their HUD housing.

In April 2014, Boegeman and Schroeder approached Goll together and discussed

buying and selling silver online. Boegeman told Goll that if he did not sign the UPS or

FedEx confirmation of delivery slip when silver was delivered, he could claim he had not

All statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified.

2 received it. Schroeder likewise said that by not signing for a delivered item he could

claim it was never delivered or was stolen. He said he always claimed his packages were

stolen from his apartment. In separate conversations, Boegeman and Schroeder both told

Goll that by not signing for purchased products, a person could either get a refund and

keep the product or get a…