So my car was broken into last night...

[md655321]

Contents of the car before the break-in:

20gb Ipod

Gibson Les Paul guitar (in the trunk)

3 or 4 cds (including the recent yourmusic purchase of the K2 of Everybody Digs Bill Evans)

One book.

Contents after the break-in:

20gb Ipod

Gibson Les Paul guitar

3 or 4 cds (including the recent yourmusic purchase of the K2 of Everybody Digs Bill Evans)

One book

Some broken glass.

Weird shit. Especially because stuff was moved around. The ipod was in the glove compartment, then on the floor, the seat was moved back, and the arm rest was moved. Guess the guy got spooked and ran off. Or maybe he just really hates jazz.

As far break ins go, this was an A+ one on my end.

[Johnny E]

Sounds like somebody picked a real groovy place to get out of the cold for the night.

[Ron S]

Question is, did it look like that Evans CD had been played?

[(BB)]

Car break-ins are fairly regular on our street, God bless Meth.

Our neighbor, who is a cop, said that people are now looking for id theft kinds of info, bank account, SS#ers etc...

Hopefully the hastle ends at repacing a window.

[RDK]

Someone once broke into our old Mustang and made off with one of the removeable T-top roof panels (while, oddly, leaving money in the holder). We couldn't imagine what the thief must have been thinking, and apparently neither could he as we later found the T-top panel a block down the street.

Yes, folks, this is your brain on drugs...

[patricia]

It's almost impossible to protect yourself from car break-ins. In fact, often the owner of the car is blamed for the crime, by not taking all the precautions available to protect themselves.

A case in point:

Recently, my daughter parked her car in a well-lighted theatre parking lot to attend a movie. She locked the car. She parked under a light standard. She put all her valuables in the trunk. Her CDs were out of sight.

Her mistake, according to the police, whom she immediately called? She didn't remove the plate from the front of her CD player. So, the impression my daughter got was not that a crime had been committed, the broken window, the stolen CD player, the stolen CDs, but, that she had been remiss in failing to remove the plate, thus encouraging the theft!!! So, she had to shoulder the cost of the repairs and replacements.

Is it not wrong to destroy and steal anymore, if the victim has not built a wall around their possessions and merely thought that the fact that their car was locked and in a seemingly safe location should have been enough? Whew!!!

Edited March 12, 2006 by patricia

[ejp626]

Is it not wrong to destroy and steal anymore, if the victim has not built a wall around their possessions and merely thought that the fact that their car was locked and in a seemingly safe location should have been enough? Whew!!!

It could be worse. Here in the UK, the government is running a series of commercials indicating that it is your fault if your car is broken into if you leave it on the street (as if there were 10% of the garages you would need to park cars off the street). An even more annoying set of commercials indicates it is your fault if your cell phone is stolen because you actually talk on it in public. Maybe they could go around and hire some police with the funds they wasted on these moronic and demoralising ads.

[Alexander Hawkins]

Is it not wrong to destroy and steal anymore, if the victim has not built a wall around their possessions and merely thought that the fact that their car was locked and in a seemingly safe location should have been enough? Whew!!!

It could be worse. Here in the UK, the government is running a series of commercials indicating that it is your fault if your car is broken into if you leave it on the street (as if there were 10% of the garages you would need to park cars off the street). An even more annoying set of commercials indicates it is your fault if your cell phone is stolen because you actually talk on it in public. Maybe they could go around and hire some police with the funds they wasted on these moronic and demoralising ads.

I think our current government probably assumes it's wrong not to be wealthy enough not to have your own driveway

[BERIGAN]

A good friend of mine was walking to his car late at night in downtown Atlanta(Not a good idea) Friday night,and 2 guys robbed him at gunpoint. They took his bracelet, a ring, and his checkbook. The dopes didn't ask for a wallet. Must have been on Meth. Thank God they didn't hurt him.

Edited March 12, 2006 by BERIGAN

[DukeCity]

Years ago my girlfriend was the victim of a carjacking. The guy made off with my piece of crap '78 Ford LTD, and just ditched it on the outskirts of town, leaving the keys. He took some cash out of her purse and the new Walkman (that she was going to give me for my birthday). When the cops recovered the car, we learned that the guy was not the curious type. He didn't bother to check the trunk, which contained almost $20,000 worth of saxophones and other woodwind instruments!