See, I see it the other way around. 200k is quite a bit for a house around here. Most are probably in the 50k range. I guess meth does a of job of lowering prices.
Watching the Detroit news, in some areas you could buy a half a city block for $200K these days. Its really sad. I sure hope the folks there and elsewhere can turn it around.
Back to the OP - I wonder - sure this wood thief has lots of $$$, but that isn't worth crap on a cold night with a yard full of wet wood and nobody willing to sell him any good fuel. In a sense, he's poorer than the guy he stole from - with the nice dry stacks - the victim. I'm not excusing his approach (a knock on the door would have been a thousand times better) but I agree with preventing his house from burning down. If I knew I could stop it and I didn't it would haunt me forever. Especially if there was a life lost. Even if the guy is an a$$-bag. Just my 2c....