After a rocky start in life, he has straightened out and is flying straight but a Gainesville business owner just had the rug pulled out from under him

Delvin James of Gainesville owns a lawn care business and says all of his equipment was stolen last week.

A police report is filed but there is still no sign of Delvin James's entire inventory of lawn care equipment.

He says he has to get through this one way or another and part of his current trouble is his past.

"My heart just dropped, like I can't believe it,” he said.

Delvin James of Northeast Gainesville is a hard worker.

"As a convicted felon, you just can't get no job overnight."

Now he's a business owner and the father of Delvin Jr., 5.

"His mother died and I gotta be a sole provider. I want to give him the best lIfe that I can and this was the way I was doing it,” James said.

His world shattered when his partner's battle with cancer ended two years ago and just a few days ago it shattered again.

"It's just disappointing that you'll come right here and cut off the whole lock on my trailer, the storage room, I mean and take the whole trailer. I don't understand it."

James started his business back in 2005 and says more than 13,000 of his lawn equipment was stolen last week.

"I wish I could just do anything to get my lawn equipment back. But whoever is out there and took it, you didn't take it from me, you took it from an innocent child that I'm supporting."

He says he does not want to let his son down.

"All I wanna do is just keep working, cause I don't see no failure in this. That's my child."

The Gainesville Police Department is still investigating.

A 60 Inch John Deere, A Billy Goat Blower, Chainsaws, A Brand New Power Head and much more was stolen.