Actually, I checked in with a "legal expert" friend of mine (who wishes to remain nameless).
Here's his advice...

I know nothing of the geocache community. I would, however,
encourage you to contact the District Attorneys office, as many of
you as possible, with letters explaining what this is and what
"Paul" has done to you. Some good estimates of the costs would
help the DA also, as they can make restitution a part of any plea
bargaining.

If all else fails you can bring a civil law suit against the guy.
That would solely be designed to extract the actual losses that
the group experienced. You could ask for pain and suffering or
some punitive damages, but frankly I don't see those going
anywhere as they are virtually unmeasurable and the criminal
system is for the punitive side of things. The civil suit could be
in small claims, cheap, easy but you need some pretty solid proof
of the values of things. Get your thoughts together on what has
been lost physically and contact the DA's office at

District Attorney's Office
800 Park Ave
Utica, New York 13501

To help the DA's office keep our letters in context, it may help
to include a printed copy of the original article, as published in
The Rome Sentinal.  All of our notes
should be polite and to the point, avoiding personal attacks and/or
abusing language.

C'mon everyone... 10 minutes of time and 50 cents in materials.
Let's measure this legal system of ours and see how well
it actually works.

Fellow cachers are all excited now that Paul Repak has been named as the cache bandit. Maybe the crap has stopped and we can enjoy the pasttime that allows us to share places of beauty that may never have been seen without cachers to lead us there. I was reluctant to place caches in the area I've loved for years because of his twisted sense of "fun" that impacted so many other people in such a negative manner. But I did so in a manner in which to tease him and chide him for his childish actions allowing for the hopes his constant public showings would cause his capture. What a moron to be so self centered to think he could effect so many people and still get off by doing it in a veil of darkness. Now the public awareness he will be noted for is as that of a thief and a coward. We thank fellow cachers that have taken time and effort to help us replace our missing caches. And as always with Mermaidb50 it's more about the location and local history we wish to share with EVERYONE, and it's not just a hidden container.We try and bring people to the spots that don't make the top 10 list but a family can still enjoy. Oh and by the way I hear a posse is on its way to spruce up a couple of missing caches that bring cachers to yet more of our beloved spots to share.

Today is the DAY!!!!!   

I'm dressing for caching as I don't think we will be in the court room.   Remember, this is being held in a conference room held someplace in the City Courts.    I'll be out in the park across the street.  Hope to see a few cachers there as well...

There were a LOT more caches that popped up over Easter weekend while I was in NJ!!!!!   

Kayleo,  I was ticketed once, ok it was more then once.  I had an attorney do the letter thing for me to try to get the ticket reduced when I saw an error in the ticket.  The court date was set for a Sunday, and at the time the ticket was issued on the ticket I was not in NY, but Maryland.  My lawyer said that the officer could give me another ticket, basically an amendment to the original with corrections.  I am sure that if they get the arresting officer, the officer could redo the paperwork.  I would hate to see him go free because of a technicality.  ~jjrashford

Any word on how things went today?