Posted by beardedlady on July 7, 2002, at 18:07:20
Before I left for vacation, I called my wireless phone company to see if the thieves made any calls from my cell between the time they stole it and the time I turned it off. (I had to wait 48 hours.) Indeed, they had made two. I called and gave them to an officer, I e-mailed the numbers to someone in charge of the station, and I e-mailed my entire neighborhood list (including the mayor), telling them all what I'd done. That way, my buds could raise hell if the case died.
I called the cops the first two days I was away to get an update on the case. Soon, they were calling me each night at 9:00 with an update.
From those numbers, the cops found the two a**holes and arrested them.
That's an itty bit of good news. Unless something goes dreadfully wrong, they should get an automatic five years for using a gun in the commission of a crime. Of course, this is America, so we can count on mandatory being reduced to time served.
beardy
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