COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS

BEFORE THEY CAN START THE

SEPARATION PROCESS.

KELLIE: NEW TONIGHT, BATTERIES

AND CHARGERS MISSING.

MORE THAN $50,000 WORTH STOLEN

FROM THE MICKE GROVE GOLF COURSE

IN LODI.

AS KCRA 3'S MELINDA MEZA

REPORTS, GOLFERS HAD TO SCRAMBLE

TODAY.

JUST SHOCK, JUST SHOCK.

MELINDA: SHOCK IS ONE WORD USED

TODAY BY AN EMPLOYEE AT MICKE

GROVE GOLF COURSE WHEN HE

LEARNED BATTERIES AND CHARGERS

WERE RIPPED OFF FROM THE GOLF

CARTS.

THE CART GUY NOTICED THE

CARTS NOT RUNNING.

LIFTED UP COUPLE OF SEATS,

BATTERIES WERE GONE.

MELINDA: GONE -- $59,250 WORTH

OF EQUIPMENT STOLEN IN THE

MORNING HOURS.

SOME GOLFERS SAY THEY WOULD NOT

EVEN BE ABLE TO COVER THE COURSE

WITHOUT THESE CARTS.

THEY HAD TO BUDDY UP SINCE HALF

THE FLEET WAS DOWN.

DISGUSTING.

THIEVES WOULD DO ANYTHING.

MELINDA: KEN DRAPER IS A RETIRED

LODI POLICE OFFICER.

HE SAYS HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO

PLAY A ROUND ON THE GREENS

WITHOUT A CART.

I HAVE TO USE A CART BECAUSE

OF DISABILITY SO IT AFFECTS ME.

IF WE'RE OUT OF CARTS, I WON'T

PLAY.

I'LL GO HOME.

I COME OUT HERE ALL THE TIME.

THEY DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE

KIDS AND YOUTH PROGRAM SO I'M

SHOCKED THEY DID THAT.

FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WHY?

WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF BREAKING

IN, BURGLARIZING, TAKING

BATTERIES?

MELINDA: THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY

SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SAYS THE

THIEVES MAY HAVE STOLEN THE

CHARGERS AND BATTERIES TO SELL.

CHARGERS ARE WORTH $1000 EACH

AND BATTERIES ARE WORTH $150

EACH.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IF

SOMETHING ISN'T NAILED DOWN,

IT'S FREE TO STEAL.

MELINDA: BUT IT'S NOT PAR FOR

THE COURSE.

IF CAUGHT, THE THIEF OR THIEVES

WOULD FACE FELONY CHARGES.

THEY'LL FIND THEM.

THEY'RE NOT REALLY BRIGHT.

THEY'LL TRY TO SELL THEM AND

WE'LL GET THEM.

MELINDA: IN LODI, MELINDA MEZA,

KCRA 3 NEWS.

KELLIE: 51 CHARGERS AND 46

BATTERIES WERE TAKEN.

THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S