In our semi-rural neighborhood people had been complaining about missing mail the last couple of weeks.
I was sitting in my office (probably on BITOG!) and saw these two 13 or 14 year old boys (I later learned they were brothers) taking mail from my neighbor's mailbox across the street.
I got up and quietly sneaked outside, only to see one of them take the mail out of our mailbox and tuck it under his sweatshirt. I moved fast and appeared out of nowhere. The second boy disappeared and was nowhere to be seen.
I confronted the kid and warned him that he better not run because I was fully capable of chasing him down. I saw the bulge inside his sweatshirt and demanded to see what he was hiding. He didn't cooperate so I took out my iPhone and took a picture of him. I think he realized he was screwed at this point.
I persisted with my demands to see what he was hiding. I warned him that stealing mail was a serious crime, but if he gave me his stolen mail stash I'd let him go. In my mind, a generous offer but no luck.
So, iPhone in hand I entered 911 on my phone and showed him the number. Give me the mail now or I'm going to call. Still no luck, so I called 911. While waiting for the Sheriff's Department to arrive I once again warned him I was fast on my feet and advised him not to run.
A Sheriff's Deputy arrived in just 3 or 4 minutes. The Deputy searched him and found about 50 pieces of mail from several addresses, including ours! BUSTED!
But where did the other kid disappear to? With law enforcement there the other kid, his brother, crawled out from under the big oleander bush by our mail box. He had another 50 pieces of mail hidden in his pants. BUSTED!
The Deputy was NOT impressed and loaded the two of them in the back of his cruiser and took them to wherever.
Scott
I was sitting in my office (probably on BITOG!) and saw these two 13 or 14 year old boys (I later learned they were brothers) taking mail from my neighbor's mailbox across the street.
I got up and quietly sneaked outside, only to see one of them take the mail out of our mailbox and tuck it under his sweatshirt. I moved fast and appeared out of nowhere. The second boy disappeared and was nowhere to be seen.
I confronted the kid and warned him that he better not run because I was fully capable of chasing him down. I saw the bulge inside his sweatshirt and demanded to see what he was hiding. He didn't cooperate so I took out my iPhone and took a picture of him. I think he realized he was screwed at this point.
I persisted with my demands to see what he was hiding. I warned him that stealing mail was a serious crime, but if he gave me his stolen mail stash I'd let him go. In my mind, a generous offer but no luck.
So, iPhone in hand I entered 911 on my phone and showed him the number. Give me the mail now or I'm going to call. Still no luck, so I called 911. While waiting for the Sheriff's Department to arrive I once again warned him I was fast on my feet and advised him not to run.
A Sheriff's Deputy arrived in just 3 or 4 minutes. The Deputy searched him and found about 50 pieces of mail from several addresses, including ours! BUSTED!
But where did the other kid disappear to? With law enforcement there the other kid, his brother, crawled out from under the big oleander bush by our mail box. He had another 50 pieces of mail hidden in his pants. BUSTED!
The Deputy was NOT impressed and loaded the two of them in the back of his cruiser and took them to wherever.
Scott
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j/k.....
