Just a guess, but wouldn't this whole thing be rated as extortion? I'm sure we all (or most of us) have our canceled checks we can submit to the authorities as evidence. And then there are all the posts here as testimony. It shouldn't be too hard to nail this clown and Sax can maybe get his rifle back or reimbursement for it.
And if it really gets down to it, because our raffle monies were mailed in - this could also be classified as a federal offense. (Mail Fraud)