crime

Yesterday we woke up and opened our living room curtains to discover a giant hole in our roommate's windshield. Overnight someone smashed it, presumably with a baseball bat or some other large blunt object. What a jerk. The criminal was probably trying to steal his GPS. He leaves it stuck to his windshield overnight which is, admittedly, a little dumb. But by no means warrants vandalism. Our neighbors across the street (we call them "the lesbians") talked to Eric and told him that they heard some noise around 4am. When they turned on their porch light, they saw a guy jump into a car and take off. I'm so glad they did! Who knows what would have happened if they didn't turn the porch light on. Eric filed a police report, and a claim with his insurance company. He has a rental car for the week while his windshield gets replaced. The criminals also put some dents in the body, and some of the glass from the windshield scraped up his dashboard and the paint on the hood. Did I mention his car is only about 4 months old? Practically brand new.

I cannot believe there are people out there who actually go around in the middle of the night looking for things to steal! In what universe is that okay??!! It's so hard to believe that there are people out there who do that. What do these people tell themselves that says it's okay to destroy other peoples' property and steal their things? I have never been so close to being victimized by crime. That could have easily been our car that was vandalized. There are no garages in our neighborhood, so everybody parks on the street/ in the driveway. It makes me afraid too. It's a small step from someone's car, to their front door. I thought our neighborhood was really nice- lots of kids and families. Now, I'm not so sure. I will definitely keep the front door locked now, even when I'm home. Though these jerks proved that a lock won't keep them from trying to steal things. I am disgusted with humanity.