Matthew R. Swoboda from Flashpoint Motor Sports Stole from Me

For the Full Story, click here. Below is a message for Lindsay A.

Dear Lindsay,

You write to me in defense of your boyfriend and you try desperately to make valid points. Since you have made it imposible for me to reply to your facebook message I am posting it here, where I know you will find it... Eventually.

The fact that you want to defend Matt and deflect the blame onto the person who did not steal from me is just plain stupid and as a result this letter will have a few stingy parts where I am not so politically correct.

The best point you made is that I forgot you fed my daughters TimBits when I Matt was explaining to me that Arthur was not allowed to work in his shop anymore. Now that I think about it I had not realized you were that same person. I did not pay enough attention to recognize your face when I saw it again on facebook. Yes, at that point in time you were really nice to them and I thought that you were a nice person.

Then you tell me I should be ashamed of myself as a father. What do my parenting skill have to do with any part of this? I brought them with me - strike one against me. They should have been so close to a criminal like Matt. I spoke calmly and used reason when dealing with Matt. I gave Matt the benefit of the doubt and granted permission to try to fix the car. I call that a good example of how to solve a problem and deal with a loser. Sorry, you lose that point.

You said I should be ashamed of myself as a human being too. HELLO - WHO IS THE THEIF HERE? I did car-owners a community service by making these facts readily available. Your boyfriend is going to continue working on cars and stealing parts out of them. You know, I thought a long time about why he might be a thief like that. I ultimately had to conclude it is because he does not have the intelligence to get the things he desires in a legal manner, so he goes the quick, easy route of stealing. No foresight whatsoever.

You say Arthur is the one who lied to me... That does not change the facts of the matter - Matt admitted to taking the parts out of my car. That confession validates my point of view, and earns him the fruits of his labours. How much brain power does it take to realize that stealing from a stranger to settle a business debt is not going to work? I think the answer is obvious, yet still escapes you two.

Your boyfriend confesses to me and my family, with the stupidest excuse possible and then expects everything to work on just fine? Give your head a shake. YOU have no idea - you are not a parent. Your stupid boyfriend put my family in harms' way! He also set me back over a month in getting my car returned! We made it OBVIOUS how serious our children's safety is and he STILL made stupid choices! (You cannot hold an engine together with GLUE!) How is it that my anger is directed at the wrong person? It should have been ME 'poking' Matt that day, not Jenn. You dumbasses pressed no assault charges because you KNOW you were the ones in the wrong. I did YOU a favor and agreed to let him put the car back together instead of pressing theft charges for which he WOULD have been convicted via his confession. You two have the combined intellect of a brick.

You said that you were the one who cleaned out my car after Matt put it back together. At first I was surprised to see that, and then I realized that it was, at best, a futile attempt to appease an obviously guilty conscience. You did not deny the fact that Matt put my car back together improperly, which forced me to leave it with Arthur for another 4 weeks so he could correct it.

You said that Matt did work on my car (before he raped it)... I do not believe this. Neither Arthur not Matt said that to me, and, Matt made a point of telling me that he saw Arthur working on it, as if to preclude me from questioning him about his involvement.

You said I slandered Matt. Take a moment and consider the meaning of that word, slander. There, now that I have established the word means to use fiction to damage a reputation we can put that to rest. Matt really did steal from me. He admitted it and he said it was because Arthur owed him money. Well Lindsay, I am not Arthur and I am in no way connected to Arthur's debt to Matt.

You said that you have received a threat of physical violence against you as a result of my ability to spread the truth of what Matt did to me... That is called reaping what you sow. Or, the fruits of your labor. Or, karma. I made no threats against you. My family did not. Perhaps it was the guy who had his rear window smashed and in-dash DVD player stolen, by Matt? Or the guy with the BMW who Matt stole the rims and offed them on eBay and then admitted it to Arthur? Maybe it was because Matt was stealing engine parts out of a neighbour's car when Matt was hired to do a tranny swap? Matt brought all of this on himself, by being a theif.