This is funny. Planning your get a way after committing

[leftyladyfrommo]

a crime is important.

My friends live Parkville, Mo. It's a small town just East of KCMO.

They had their big truck and their little Airstream trailer parked in front of their house. This morning at 3:30 am
It was stolen. They didn't know anything had happened until the police banged on their door early this morning.

Apparently it was a woman and unfortunately for her she was unfamiliar with Parkville. In an effort to get out of town she turned onto 6th street. 6th street is a dead end. Parkville has a lot of deadends And backing up that truck with that small Airstream is really difficult.

Bottom line is that she did some damage to the steps on the Airstream but couldn't get in. And she got some keys for the truck and the trailer.

It will cost $225 to get the locks changed and the steps will have to replaced.

And she had to walk out of town.

[secondwind]

1. No charges??

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. They haven't caught her.

She got stuck in front of a bed and breakfast and was blocking their driveway so she got noticed pretty fast.

I bet there was an accomplice that had a vehicle. She obviously wasn't from Parkville because she didn't know about all the deadends off Main St.

[MineralMan]

3. Thieves are often stupid.

I used to have a 60s MG Midget in California. Back then, I often left the keys in the car. I don't do that anymore.

Anyhow, it was, like many British cars, finicky about starting and running when it was cold. You had to finesse the choke to start it, and it liked to warm up for a while before you drove it off. I was used to it, and used the car as my daily driver. No big deal to me.

So, one morning, someone knocked at my door. It was a CHP officer, who said, "Do you own a 1965 MG Midget?" I admitted that I did own such a vehicle. Then, I looked at the driveway and it wasn't there. The Chippy said, "Someone stole it." "Oh no," I thought. Then he went on to say, "Whoever it was abandoned it about a block down the street and stole another car."

"I'll go get it. Thanks."

So I did. It behaved just like it always did. I started it, finessed the choke, and let it warm up a little before driving it back home and parking it back in the driveway. I did stop leaving the keys in it, though. They caught the car thief, who pleaded guilty to some lesser charge, so I didn't have to go to court.

Sometimes it's good to drive a crappy car that is hard to start and keep running, I guess.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. That's funny. KCMO is having a terrible time

With thieves. They are stealing cars and trucks 8n the middle of the day.

Yesterday a woman was at Cascones Italian restaurant which is just down the street from me. Someone stole her purse which had her driver's license and car keys to the car she had at home.

They then went to her house and stole her car out of her driveway.

They are fast in and out and unbelievably bold. And the police can't get there in time to stop them so they have pretty much given up on trying to catch them. They have people call and they take reports over the phone.

I didn't know Missouri is a Stand Your Ground state but it is so I read up on it . You can protect yourself if you are in danger but you can't shoot someone for stealing your car. However, people are getting so fed up that I expect to hear that someone has been shot.