Where the government has induced an individual to break the law and
the defese of entrapment is at issue, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant was disposed to commit the criminal act prior to first being approached by government agents,''

Prior to the first sting cops had no viable evidence that Carrie and Guy Neighbors had ever knowingly purchased stolen property. In fact the reports actually show that the Yellow House owners repeatedly cooperated with officers investigating stolen property. Willingly turned over property, gave a statement and shared the information of the seller. And the Yellow House was often itself not only victimized by the alleged thief but also by officers who failed to follow proper procedures during the investigations.

The Musical instruments sold by Stacy Barnes were not stolen, they were purchased, (perhaps fraudulently) but if so then the facts show she was a smooth scammer who was able to scam the merchants into accepting her stolen credit cards. As well as the victims she sold the merchandise to.

The Government did not even prove the instruments in question were in fact the instruments sold by Yellow House because they did not have serial numbers and the model numbers did not match. And Barnes stole more instruments that were never connected to the Yellow House store.

Nicole Beach told me her items were purchased. That is why I paid a very high price of $600 for the two vacuums. I thought she was going to have to cover the cost at some point for the credit cards. Had I known they were stolen it would have made more sense to try and get them for $25. or $50. I know it sounds stupid now, but I believed her. Perhaps I should be on trial for being Federally stupid.

``In their zeal to enforce the law ... government agents may not
originate a criminal design, implant in an innocent person's mind the
disposition to commit a criminal act, and then induce commission of the
crime so that the government may prosecute,''

The video by Rantz "uncut in its entirety" will show that there was a tremendous amount of pressure. I am naive and easily controlled by people, and the police took advantage of that.
I tried to get out of buying his stuff several times but he would not let me go. I told him I didn't want any trouble in my store, and he assured me there would not be, and that he was from out of town.
When he told me his manager had gotten the stuff, I figured the manager had purchased it at a discount, because you wouldnt think a manager would risk his job to steal. When he said that the manager had nabed it I figured he was just using crappy language and I told him not to say that, because talk like that could get people in trouble. Rantz never said he stole the stuff.
I finally walked away and did not intend to buy the stuff, but he got all pissed off at me and started yelling at me and stomping his feet and waving his hands demanding me to tell him if I was going to buy the stuff or not. (That part was cut out of the video) I was almost to the door before I turned and told him if its not stolen you carry in the box.
There was a lot of conversation cut out of the tape that I saw that had been edited. I was very stupid to allow him to control me and not be more stern with Rantz, I had never had anyone act like that before and I did not handle it well I should not have given in to his pressure. But that doesn't make me a fencer of 1/2 million dollars worth of stuff.

I believe the original video showed entrapment, which is why the Government edited it.