He said a main reason people stole was because of people like Harmon who were prepared to receive stolen goods, like the chainsaws he received in April this year.
"People get really upset when they work hard, buy a chainsaw and it gets stolen," Judge Zohrab said.
He told Harmon, who nodded quietly in the dock, that the building contractor from whom he stole more than $5000 worth of tools from his vehicle had not only had to bear the cost of replacing them, but had wasted an entire day off work doing that.
"He lost 10 to 12 hours of work.
"This took away his ability to earn a living, and earn money which would have been better spent on his family," Judge Zohrab said.
He said Harmon's behaviour, including his interfering with vehicles, had "grossly inconvenienced" people.
Judge Zohrab added it was hard to get a handle on why he had done it, but noted he had been before the court before, and had received a prison sentence in 2017.
He said a starting point for the "job lot" of offending this time was two years and three months in prison, but Harmon was given credit for his early guilty pleas, and the issues in his life that had contributed to his offending.
That took the term down to within the range of home detention, to which Harmon was sentenced to seven months, with special conditions.
He was also ordered to undergo counselling to address drugs misuse matters.
"I know you have a lot of issues and you want to do something about them.
"I encourage you to deal with your cannabis issue and rather than talk about it, make sure you do it," Judge Zohrab told him.
