So We have a spiral LED xmas tree as part of our christmas lighting. Its in the front yard 3' from the sidewalk.
I was getting ready for work and Mrs. Monkey stuck her head in the bathroom and I heard "the tree is on"
Great. the timer is broken. *sigh*. OK, I'll turn it off.
NO! The tree is GONE!
Sure enough, it appeared to be stolen. All that was left was the pole, and it was bent to the point of breaking. Its ruined. (I think the wiring was broken too)
We found it behind my car. When I checked The video, 4 teens walked up, ripped the spiral off the pole (bending it) and apparently realized they didnt know what to do with it so they threw it onto the back of my car.
Turns out they hit lots of the neighbors in a spree. They were caught 40 mins later spraying mustard on an inflatable. The homeowner banged on the window instead of sneaking out to catch them, so they got away. Or did they?
I posted the stills to my neighborhood group on Facebook. By the end of the day neighborhood moms and classmates of one of them had ID'd one of the girls. Another mom found a snapchat post bragging that they got busted doing it. And the idiots named names.
I know you cant be too smart to vandalize and cause mischeif. But to incriminate yourself on social media? (though they claimed they were only "running through the neighborhood")
I filed a report along with a bunch of other neighbors. One who was driving around looking for his stuff saw the officer and I and pulled over and we chatted a bit. He had stuff snapped off too. He was going to call in and file a report later.
Frankly I'd be happy if they replaced the tree and apologized to my 7yo. She was devastated when she saw it was gone.
Idiots.
Edit: The funniest part was the look on the officer's face when he saw a deep depression about 2' wide in my flowerbed when he first arrived. His first words were (while pointing at the hole) "They stole your TREE?!?!" I LOLed and clarified that it wasnt a real tree that was stolen, that hole was unrelated. But I dont blame him given the limited info he was given.
I was getting ready for work and Mrs. Monkey stuck her head in the bathroom and I heard "the tree is on"
Great. the timer is broken. *sigh*. OK, I'll turn it off.
NO! The tree is GONE!
Sure enough, it appeared to be stolen. All that was left was the pole, and it was bent to the point of breaking. Its ruined. (I think the wiring was broken too)
We found it behind my car. When I checked The video, 4 teens walked up, ripped the spiral off the pole (bending it) and apparently realized they didnt know what to do with it so they threw it onto the back of my car.
Turns out they hit lots of the neighbors in a spree. They were caught 40 mins later spraying mustard on an inflatable. The homeowner banged on the window instead of sneaking out to catch them, so they got away. Or did they?
I posted the stills to my neighborhood group on Facebook. By the end of the day neighborhood moms and classmates of one of them had ID'd one of the girls. Another mom found a snapchat post bragging that they got busted doing it. And the idiots named names.
I know you cant be too smart to vandalize and cause mischeif. But to incriminate yourself on social media? (though they claimed they were only "running through the neighborhood")
I filed a report along with a bunch of other neighbors. One who was driving around looking for his stuff saw the officer and I and pulled over and we chatted a bit. He had stuff snapped off too. He was going to call in and file a report later.
Frankly I'd be happy if they replaced the tree and apologized to my 7yo. She was devastated when she saw it was gone.
Idiots.
Edit: The funniest part was the look on the officer's face when he saw a deep depression about 2' wide in my flowerbed when he first arrived. His first words were (while pointing at the hole) "They stole your TREE?!?!" I LOLed and clarified that it wasnt a real tree that was stolen, that hole was unrelated. But I dont blame him given the limited info he was given.
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