So I'm sitting at my desk this afternoon at about 1:30pm, and I hear my dog bark outside, really crazy-like. I look out the window, and there is a guy breaking into my Legacy not 5 feet in front of me. Another guy is breaking down my side fence to the backyard, and another is going for the front door.
I grab my large black cordless phone and run for the door, dialing 911. I yell "GET THE F*CK AWAY FROM MY CAR" really loud, and the guy drops what he has and starts running for his getaway car, parked in my nextdoor neighbor's driveway. The two other guys start running too, and they jump in the Impala and back out of the driveway onto our very busy street. The one guy who was trying to pull the window off of my car stops for a second, curses at me, and then gets in the car and they take off. I'm on the line with Dispatch at this time with full clothing and personal descriptions, along with an exact description of the car and correct plate numbers.
I run to the neighbor's house to see if anyone is home, and she is. She got everything on their surveillance cameras (including the car and occupants), and called her husband to come home and pull it off of the computer for the police. Big dirty handprints all over my car, good evidence.
So I'm waiting about 4-5 minutes outside my house with my phone and handheld video camera, waiting for the cops to arrive. I keep seeing brown Impalas crossing the opposite corner, like 3 of them, within two minutes. Then the suspects' vehicle crosses the intersection...same brown Impala, no wheel covers, same plate #, same guys inside. I stupidly point at them, while I had already dialed 911 again as they were coming up the street. They pull up into my driveway and start to get out. I'm thinking, "Oh *****, I'm going to get shot today!". Sargeant on the other line is listening to all this, as I jump down under some bricks in front of my house, expecting to hear bullets flying. The guys come after me, just as HPD comes cranking up the street with their lights and sirens. Clowns jump back in the car, take off down the street, and are aprehended.
The cops bring everyone back to my house including the car, and I positively ID each one of them, and we review the video of the crime. Class A felonies for each, and one had an outstanding felony warrant, and the other had a bunch of weed on them. Car had some stolen clothing and a few car GPS units, but no other drugs/guns....too bad. Bad juys are mouthing off in the car, and the supervisor cop really shoves the guy around and calls him a "piece of *****", and kept telling him that he's so G-D lucky that I didn't shoot his @ss. Then bad guy #1 tries to get out of the squad car, yelling at me "I'm gonna kill you, Mother-Fer!", tack on more charges and tresspass warnings.
Went shopping for guns tonight, found a nice compact 9mm that I like (Taurus Millenium Pro, for those who know guns), going to try it out at a local range this week and begin the application for a Conceal & Carry permit.
James/Cops 1, Bad Guys O....as long as they stay away from my house!!
I have uploaded all of my handheld video as well as the 15-minute clip from my neighbor's surveillance camera. It's the most recent 9 videos: http://www.vimeo.com/user794261/videos
I grab my large black cordless phone and run for the door, dialing 911. I yell "GET THE F*CK AWAY FROM MY CAR" really loud, and the guy drops what he has and starts running for his getaway car, parked in my nextdoor neighbor's driveway. The two other guys start running too, and they jump in the Impala and back out of the driveway onto our very busy street. The one guy who was trying to pull the window off of my car stops for a second, curses at me, and then gets in the car and they take off. I'm on the line with Dispatch at this time with full clothing and personal descriptions, along with an exact description of the car and correct plate numbers.
I run to the neighbor's house to see if anyone is home, and she is. She got everything on their surveillance cameras (including the car and occupants), and called her husband to come home and pull it off of the computer for the police. Big dirty handprints all over my car, good evidence.
So I'm waiting about 4-5 minutes outside my house with my phone and handheld video camera, waiting for the cops to arrive. I keep seeing brown Impalas crossing the opposite corner, like 3 of them, within two minutes. Then the suspects' vehicle crosses the intersection...same brown Impala, no wheel covers, same plate #, same guys inside. I stupidly point at them, while I had already dialed 911 again as they were coming up the street. They pull up into my driveway and start to get out. I'm thinking, "Oh *****, I'm going to get shot today!". Sargeant on the other line is listening to all this, as I jump down under some bricks in front of my house, expecting to hear bullets flying. The guys come after me, just as HPD comes cranking up the street with their lights and sirens. Clowns jump back in the car, take off down the street, and are aprehended.
The cops bring everyone back to my house including the car, and I positively ID each one of them, and we review the video of the crime. Class A felonies for each, and one had an outstanding felony warrant, and the other had a bunch of weed on them. Car had some stolen clothing and a few car GPS units, but no other drugs/guns....too bad. Bad juys are mouthing off in the car, and the supervisor cop really shoves the guy around and calls him a "piece of *****", and kept telling him that he's so G-D lucky that I didn't shoot his @ss. Then bad guy #1 tries to get out of the squad car, yelling at me "I'm gonna kill you, Mother-Fer!", tack on more charges and tresspass warnings.
Went shopping for guns tonight, found a nice compact 9mm that I like (Taurus Millenium Pro, for those who know guns), going to try it out at a local range this week and begin the application for a Conceal & Carry permit.
James/Cops 1, Bad Guys O....as long as they stay away from my house!!
I have uploaded all of my handheld video as well as the 15-minute clip from my neighbor's surveillance camera. It's the most recent 9 videos: http://www.vimeo.com/user794261/videos
