The Rich Aren't Like Us

Crocs Founder Reports Watch Stolen; Has Hapa Patron Frisked

By Jenny Shank, 2-06-07

There was an intriguing item in today’s Business Briefing section of the Rocky Mountain News: “Crocs founder and former CEO George Boedecker reported his $85,000 watch was missing as police questioned him about allegedly harassing customers at the Hapa Sushi Grill, 1117 Pearl St. in Boulder, on Feb. 3, according to a release from Boulder police. Police said officers were called to that location on a report of a disturbance and staff there indicated that Boedecker was harassing customers. Boedecker told officers that his watch had been stolen and he believed the man he was accused of harassing was the one who took it, according to the report. Officers did not find the watch or any indication that there had been any interaction between Boedecker and the other man before the confrontation. Police said no one wanted to pursue charges against Boedecker for harassment.”

This begs the question: What was Boedecker doing flashing $85,000 worth of bling at Hapa?  There’s nothing wrong with Hapa--it’s just that the casual sushi restaurant caters more to college students and hipsters than worldly millionaires.  Yesterday, the Rocky Mountain News reported that the watch was a “$85,000 gold Roger Dubuis Reel Diver watch with a platinum lining,” and noted that Boedecker “was accusing a fellow patron of the grill as the one who took it. The patron, who said he knew nothing about the watch, allowed officers to frisk him and they found nothing. “

Perhaps next time Boedecker is selecting his wardrobe for a night out on the town he should ask himself the question: What would Warren Buffet wear?

This watch episode is only the latest of Boedecker’s adventures.  In May of 2006, he was arrested after “a confrontation in the law office of his sister’s ex-husband, David Moorhead,” according to the Daily Camera. 

Boedecker makes an interesting Google--one user of the gossip site dlisted made some unsubstantiated claims about him here, which prompted another user to opine about Boulder residents in general: “Boulder cracks me up its all natural and beautiful and exercisey..but also the biggest drug addicts , dealers (an X of mine ) and drunks are from there and all have big bucks!”

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