Someone hit up our neighborhood today and broke into numerous cars. The first time since '92. They really were idiots though when they broke into my truck all they took was my wallet and an old can of chew. We found the wallet down the road with only the money gone, but all the cards still in it...

"Screw a wallet, this dude's got an old can of chew in his car!!!!"

Dear god, these guys needa get straightened out...

Bust out a window?

nope used the old toyota key trick, got the neighbors old toyota car too

under 40bucks

Hey Mark I could see steve staking out the neighborhood and sticking cody out there for bait.

lmao... cody "hey anyone wanna play catch with a wad of 20's?"

then bustin out that damn squirt gun.

haha shi't

You left a wallet in your truck and you're calling them idiots???

There is nothing more I would like at this very moment then to catch someone breaking into my car. I could really use an opportunity like that to take out some of my frustrations. I think I would start in on him with a hammer, ball pin.

Address please??? lol

I hate to say it but shouldn't a person's wallet be safe in their car? Or should we just blame the dude who gets his wallet ripped off?

I don't think it's smart to leave valuables out but certainly feel that if we actually punished criminals maybe this sort of behavior would become less and less.

I suppose next you'll say its not the tweeker's fault--"They have a disease, not an addiction." --Or some such BS.

No, I'm just saying in this day and age, if you don't know about tweakers and other lowlifes that won't hesitate to take something of value from your vehicle, you may not be very bright.
Personally (and this may just be me) if I value something (wallet, fishing gear, hunting gear, etc,) it doesn't get left in the truck, maybe I'm just paranoid.

Perfectly rational.

It just pisses me off that we have to worry about these low lifes. Puplic caneing these punks in front of their friends might be a bit more of a deterrent rather than a slap on the wrist.

I don't think caning would do it. Something closer to a near-death experience to really get their attention.

if you saw the area i live in you would not be worried....i live in a semi-secluded area in PA, not downtown Tacoma

Some places are still safe enough that you can leave belongings in a car....
Lacey sure aint anything close to PA

this sort of stuff goes on in everywhere in the city and county .crime has no boundarys.

no sh'it sherlock

They already are killing themselves and don't care. No, I think the only solution is tossing chlorine into the gene pool. Unfortunately, if anyone ever does the right thing and just shoots one or two of them in the act... then wham!! who's the bad guy now? Is it the tweaker lowlife scum? But noooooo! *!
Oh man, I think I just crapped myself.

I lived in PA about 5 years ago, (for 1 year) I had the slider window pried open on my truck (luckily they found nothing of value) and my next door neighbor had her car stolen, yeah, I felt much saver there.

I've also been here in Lacey for 4 years, no problems yet!

Fortunately, I know damn near everyone in this town, and those that dont know me, know of me, and leave my sh.it alone... Knock on wood, but over the last 10 years, I've yet to have anything broken into... And I've always had expensive stereos, that everyone knew about, and could have easily been broken into and stolen...

I do my part to not piss people off around here... it's worked for me

Any chance that his pick-up is for sale or did you just bury it in a hole?

Geez Aunty! Well I guess the stranger found some property after all. Maybe not exactly what he had in mind. I'll be sure to call ahead if I ever come out your way.

Community watch!!

"I'll be sure to call ahead if I ever come out your way. "

Good move, Salmo...

Community watch is good...I had a neighbor call the cops on me when I was sitting out in front of my house in my van at about 11 at night with the lights out and the motor running...

I was new to the neighborhood so they didn't recognize my van in the dark, and since I can't get cell reception worth a crap in my house, I had to finish my phone conversation that I was having out in the street before driving the 200 feet down my driveway.

Hell, I'd'a called the cops on me, too, if'n I saw me in my van sitting outside somebody's house in the middle of the night with the motor running...they don't call it the Murder Van for nuthin'!

Fish on...

Todd

Just install an IR camera that watches your driveway. Set it up right and have it record everything. It will work in total darkness and daylight. Cheaper than you think too!

yep but the clarity is iffy at best unless there is a motion activated facial recon unit also that has enough light to get a good shot otherwise you just see a somebody move across the screen instead of going shiat, thats billy bob, aunty m's cousin

Clarity isn't an issue, unless you are trying to prosecute from the film alone. What the hell is a motion activated facial recon unit BTW? You work for the Feds or something? You don't need light with a decent IR illuminator camera......that's what IR is for.

It's a little deja vu, you posting on a tweaker thread, don't you think?

Thats some funny chiat right there.

I found the recommendation on the IR camera pretty funny too. Wouldn't be able to recognize the perp unless he had his pet rooster with him.