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Bike and trailer stolen. So. Cal.
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[QUOTE="zio, post: 272676, member: 19332"] Justice is great, isn't it? I fully know why cops become cops. In fact, if zia would have said "ok", I'd have chosen that career instead. But the other day I got to take part in busting a cattle rustler on my own (sort of)- zia gets up early to go outside & fetch the paper (she's a great woman!) and sees this guy across the street yanking on my neighbors BIG Sago Palm. This is at 6 am, mind you, the sun had been up for several minutes. She runs into the house to tell me she thinks someone's stealing their tree... I run outside in my skivies & beater while she dials 911. I see this big white box van and a guy in the cab, yanking the tree into the cab onto his lap- it was a feat a contortionist would have been proud of. Apparently he had seen my wife and got spooked and didn't feel he had time to toss it in the back. While I'm running towards him yelling, he starts to take off, with the tree still in his lap. I don't know how he could see. I was looking all over the truck for markings, etc, at the same time panicking, not knowing what to do. There was no front plate, so I waited for him to pass me (thank God he didn't decide to run me over) and find he had bent down the plate to avoid anyone writing it down. I start running after him in my bare feet, looking for rocks as I go to throw (out of desparation) but realize he's getting away, so I run back to the house & grab my keys. I spent the next 20 minutes tearing all over the local streets, knowing he had to stop somewhere to fix his rear plate and get that tree out of his lap, but I couldn't find him. When I got back to the neighborhood, a local officer had shown up & was taking info from the homeowners. I gave him as much detailed info on the van as I could, but really was upset that I had failed. This was probably a $1000 tree, minimum, and they had just bought it a few weeks ago. I could have grabbed my gun (thankfully I was smart enough not to), I could have jumped in front of him as he tried to get away (again, used that thing called common sense), could have grabbed a brick from my pile by the garbage cans & tossed it through the window.... all these things were running through my head afterwards. I apologized to my neighbors, I really felt sick. This bothered me a lot. But an hour later, we got a call- they caught the jerk!!! Apparently I had given enogh info & they were able to catch this guy within 10 miutes of our call. Turns out he was an illegal, too, so he's been deported as well. That made my day. They got their tree back, & it's gonna make it. Boy, I can tell you- no one better ever mess with me or my neighbors. I've proved to myself that I'm stupid enough to go after them in my boxers and bare feet. Keep up the good work, elk. Maybe I can be an honorary deputy? [/QUOTE]
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