ONE MORE UPDATE
A Police Officer just stopped by our house and it turns out he was the one who caught the guy in our car while he was off duty.
He told us that the guy is a drug addict (figures) and is addicted to Meth.
He also told us that the guy steals checks from peoples mail boxes (which is probably how he bought the CD, all the food in the car, cigarrettes, and probably the gas too).
The story the guy gave the cop was that one day while it was raining the guy saw the van with the For Sale sign on it and opened it. He then claims there was a key in the ignition (uhh...no) and he took it and left (Obviously lying since he went through most of the car. Maybe he found a key that we forgot about?).
My dad checked and saw that we still had my mom's copy and my dad's copy so there must have been another key in the car somewhere.
All in all, not only is this guy going to get charged with Grand Theft Auto, but also drug usage, and stealing checks.
He is getting what he deserves.
End the Update.
UPDATE!!
Alright, so I wake up at noon and then I start working on the porch in the backyard again. My dad is helping and such. About 40mins-1hour later we get a call from the cop and they have the van!!
They tell us to come see it. Now I'm thinking that its probably destroyed.
My dad gets in our motorhome (the only car we have left to drive) and we head out to where the Officer is waiting for us.
Its at a house (not sure if it was the guys house or not) in the driveway.
The officer tells us that he has been arrested!!
He then asks us to look through the car and see what is there that isn't ours.
We see a bike in the backseat area, a CD Player hooked up to the stereo, and when we open the very back doors there is a shitload of food that he got from the Food Bank.
The chair in the back is leaned back and all the food makes me think he was living in the van for the night.
I found a wrapper for a CD he bought (or stole) from K-Mart (it was Creed for those who want to know).
Then I look up at the front of the car to make sure we didn't miss anything and there is a photocopy of his Drivers License so I was what the
er looked like and then gave it to the officer.
The car was messy (after only having it for one night).
Did he think he wasn't going to get caught driving around and shopping with it?
Anyways my question of how he started the car was answered.
How did he start it?
HE HAD A KEY FOR IT!?!?
WHERE THE HELL DID HE GET THAT!?!?!
We only have two keys for that car, one on my dads keychain and one on my moms's, so where did he get that one?
(and now anyone who thinks locking the car would have helped is wrong).
Don't know whats going to happen now, but the good thing is that he was caught and we got the car back in one piece.
Also he filled the car with gas for us (how thoughtful of him
)
So we got it back with an almost full tank of gas.
END UPDATE
Not even an hour ago my families van was stolen.
All of my family was in the backyard working on building our porch when suddenly I hear my mom scream "SOMEONE IS STEALING OUR CAR". I couldn't believe it at first, but I was on my feet and in the front within seconds and just see the car turn out of our house (we live on one of the busiest streets in my city). I see that the direction he is going the traffic light had just turned red. I knew it would be worthless, but I ran as fast as I could after it since he was stuck and still in view. I am nearing him the light turns green and he's gone. All the while my dad is calling 911 and telling them that our Van was just stolen and telling them what it looks like and that its still in view and where it is going.
They send a police officer over and my dad is talking to my neighbor which saw the whole thing happen, and was telling my dad that he thought he was looking at the van (we are trying to sell it) and then jumps in the van and drives it.
The police come and my neighbor is telling the cops what the guy looked like and what he saw. Another cop comes from the same street the van was going and saying he didn't see it but will continue to go search. Then my dad says "I don't know how he started the van so fast" and the cop says "what van?". Apparently the 911 dispatch thought my dad said pick-up truck (which he didn't, my dad said van numerous times on the phone). So the other cop could have seen the van, but wouldn't have known it.
He asks for our Registration and my dad says it was in the car. The police officer says we should have two (which we did, but we had just gone to get new license plate stickers the other day and took it with all the other paper work for the car with us so it was still there with everything else). The officer then says he will have to go get the rest of the information about the car and come back to give us the report.
So the officer still hasn't come back, my dad called the insurance company about it, and now I am pretty freaked out and sitting here (the van had our garage door opener in it and the garage is connected to the house so my mom luckily remembered that we should unplug it so it doesnt open).
So what I want to know is:
How did he start the car so fast?
How did he know everyone was in the backyard?
My theory is this,
Recently in our backyard we discovered an old cement thing that was used back in the 50's to burn trash. It was of use to us since we had a lot of tree branches we needed to get rid of and that was the perfect way.
Our neighbors are pretty nice (Except the ones that live to the right of us, they are a couple probably in their 50's) and the other neighbors we are friends with especially the one on the left who helped us move the cement thing that we were using to burn the tree branches.
So we started it (it was on the side of our backyard closer to the bad neighbors) and they one night asked us to turn it off since smoke was coming in their bedroom (close the windows people thats what they are there for). Anyways my dad stops it to be nice and we ask our good neighbor to help us move it to the other side of the yard the next day (the side closer to his house) and he doesn't mind, and infact says he likes the smell of smoke.
We do so and start burning the wood. That night we get a call from the fire department that someone reported us burning trash in our backyard (obviously the bad neighbors). My dad tells that they have a problem with us (my dad got into an argument with the wife about political stuff, but I wont get into that now), and believes that is why she called on us.
The next day when we are leaving my dad notices that in the van the glove compartment is open and another compartment on the car was open, but nothing was taken. We don't think much of it.
Later that night the Fire Department comes to our house with the flashlights, and the fire truck because someone said there was a fire (again the bad neighbors since they were the only ones that could see it besides the neighbor that doesn't care and knows what we are doing), and my dad says that the woman was the one that called and she has nothing better to do than watch us, and that we even put up a huge blanket like thing so she cant watch us, and she's too cheap to get cable to have something better to do. They leave.
Now today we go about doing normal stuff, we go shopping at Wal-Mart (And I got a game ...but it was in the car ) and we come back. We have a barbeque in the backyard and then I start working on the porch with my dad. We work and it starts getting dark and thats when it happened...
I personally believe that they had something to do with the van being stolen, but without proof, there is nothing we can do.
A Police Officer just stopped by our house and it turns out he was the one who caught the guy in our car while he was off duty.
He told us that the guy is a drug addict (figures) and is addicted to Meth.
He also told us that the guy steals checks from peoples mail boxes (which is probably how he bought the CD, all the food in the car, cigarrettes, and probably the gas too).
The story the guy gave the cop was that one day while it was raining the guy saw the van with the For Sale sign on it and opened it. He then claims there was a key in the ignition (uhh...no) and he took it and left (Obviously lying since he went through most of the car. Maybe he found a key that we forgot about?).
My dad checked and saw that we still had my mom's copy and my dad's copy so there must have been another key in the car somewhere.
All in all, not only is this guy going to get charged with Grand Theft Auto, but also drug usage, and stealing checks.
He is getting what he deserves.
End the Update.
UPDATE!!
Alright, so I wake up at noon and then I start working on the porch in the backyard again. My dad is helping and such. About 40mins-1hour later we get a call from the cop and they have the van!!
They tell us to come see it. Now I'm thinking that its probably destroyed.
My dad gets in our motorhome (the only car we have left to drive) and we head out to where the Officer is waiting for us.
Its at a house (not sure if it was the guys house or not) in the driveway.
The officer tells us that he has been arrested!!
He then asks us to look through the car and see what is there that isn't ours.
We see a bike in the backseat area, a CD Player hooked up to the stereo, and when we open the very back doors there is a shitload of food that he got from the Food Bank.
The chair in the back is leaned back and all the food makes me think he was living in the van for the night.
I found a wrapper for a CD he bought (or stole) from K-Mart (it was Creed for those who want to know).
Then I look up at the front of the car to make sure we didn't miss anything and there is a photocopy of his Drivers License so I was what the
er looked like and then gave it to the officer.The car was messy (after only having it for one night).
Did he think he wasn't going to get caught driving around and shopping with it?
Anyways my question of how he started the car was answered.
How did he start it?
HE HAD A KEY FOR IT!?!?
WHERE THE HELL DID HE GET THAT!?!?!
We only have two keys for that car, one on my dads keychain and one on my moms's, so where did he get that one?
(and now anyone who thinks locking the car would have helped is wrong).
Don't know whats going to happen now, but the good thing is that he was caught and we got the car back in one piece.
Also he filled the car with gas for us (how thoughtful of him
) So we got it back with an almost full tank of gas.
END UPDATE
Not even an hour ago my families van was stolen.
All of my family was in the backyard working on building our porch when suddenly I hear my mom scream "SOMEONE IS STEALING OUR CAR". I couldn't believe it at first, but I was on my feet and in the front within seconds and just see the car turn out of our house (we live on one of the busiest streets in my city). I see that the direction he is going the traffic light had just turned red. I knew it would be worthless, but I ran as fast as I could after it since he was stuck and still in view. I am nearing him the light turns green and he's gone. All the while my dad is calling 911 and telling them that our Van was just stolen and telling them what it looks like and that its still in view and where it is going.
They send a police officer over and my dad is talking to my neighbor which saw the whole thing happen, and was telling my dad that he thought he was looking at the van (we are trying to sell it) and then jumps in the van and drives it.
The police come and my neighbor is telling the cops what the guy looked like and what he saw. Another cop comes from the same street the van was going and saying he didn't see it but will continue to go search. Then my dad says "I don't know how he started the van so fast" and the cop says "what van?". Apparently the 911 dispatch thought my dad said pick-up truck (which he didn't, my dad said van numerous times on the phone). So the other cop could have seen the van, but wouldn't have known it.
He asks for our Registration and my dad says it was in the car. The police officer says we should have two (which we did, but we had just gone to get new license plate stickers the other day and took it with all the other paper work for the car with us so it was still there with everything else). The officer then says he will have to go get the rest of the information about the car and come back to give us the report.
So the officer still hasn't come back, my dad called the insurance company about it, and now I am pretty freaked out and sitting here (the van had our garage door opener in it and the garage is connected to the house so my mom luckily remembered that we should unplug it so it doesnt open).
So what I want to know is:
How did he start the car so fast?
How did he know everyone was in the backyard?
My theory is this,
Recently in our backyard we discovered an old cement thing that was used back in the 50's to burn trash. It was of use to us since we had a lot of tree branches we needed to get rid of and that was the perfect way.
Our neighbors are pretty nice (Except the ones that live to the right of us, they are a couple probably in their 50's) and the other neighbors we are friends with especially the one on the left who helped us move the cement thing that we were using to burn the tree branches.
So we started it (it was on the side of our backyard closer to the bad neighbors) and they one night asked us to turn it off since smoke was coming in their bedroom (close the windows people thats what they are there for). Anyways my dad stops it to be nice and we ask our good neighbor to help us move it to the other side of the yard the next day (the side closer to his house) and he doesn't mind, and infact says he likes the smell of smoke.
We do so and start burning the wood. That night we get a call from the fire department that someone reported us burning trash in our backyard (obviously the bad neighbors). My dad tells that they have a problem with us (my dad got into an argument with the wife about political stuff, but I wont get into that now), and believes that is why she called on us.
The next day when we are leaving my dad notices that in the van the glove compartment is open and another compartment on the car was open, but nothing was taken. We don't think much of it.
Later that night the Fire Department comes to our house with the flashlights, and the fire truck because someone said there was a fire (again the bad neighbors since they were the only ones that could see it besides the neighbor that doesn't care and knows what we are doing), and my dad says that the woman was the one that called and she has nothing better to do than watch us, and that we even put up a huge blanket like thing so she cant watch us, and she's too cheap to get cable to have something better to do. They leave.
Now today we go about doing normal stuff, we go shopping at Wal-Mart (And I got a game
...but it was in the car ) and we come back. We have a barbeque in the backyard and then I start working on the porch with my dad. We work and it starts getting dark and thats when it happened...I personally believe that they had something to do with the van being stolen, but without proof, there is nothing we can do.
D!..mwahaa
