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crime in the 'burbs

Oh, what the last 24 hrs. have been.
My DH bought out his business partner's 1/2 of the A/C business about 45 days ago. With all the lose ends to tie up we wound up with a jacked up Ford F-250 with all the bells and whistles. We have been attempting to sell it, but with the 11 inches of rain over the last 5 days people have had other things on their minds.
It was sitting outside of our house on the street during the day, and DH would drive it into the driveway at night. Last night I went to bed about 10:00 PM and he stayed up with the dog watching a movie. About 12:00 midnight I heard the dog running around barking, barking, and she wouldn't stop. I finally got up to find DH not in the house, the garage light on, his truck door open, and his truck light on. Well, I know he keeps his hand gun in the truck, so looked around, outside the front door, there were 2 police cars, 2 officers, and DH standing out by the truck. Seems that 3 teen boys stole a van, were driving around in it and decided to steal the truck. They broke out the driver's side window, which is what DH heard. He ran and got his gun and went out there. 2 boys ran off, he grabed the 3rd and had him down on the ground and called 911 on his cell phone. The cops came. They then brought in the cop with the police dog and one of the other boys was caught by the dog. The 2 boys were taken off to jail, DH had to stay out there and give a statement. He finally came to bed about 3AM.
Whew-too much excitement for us.
Being it was raining again today we put a blue tarp over the truck window, then had to get it towed to a Ford shop, as the steering column was broken when the kid tried to hot wire it.
I'm glad 2 out of 3 boys were arrested. Since they were teens I'm fairly sure they gave the name of the other boy.
The truck is now safely in a bay at the Ford shop and our 2 vehicles are normally parked in the garage, so hopefully there won't be any more car break-ins. Several neighbors stoped as they drove by today and 2 said their vehicles were either vandalized or stolen in the last 3 days. Maybe this put an end to the suburban crime spree.
RAIN- at least 11 inches. Thankfully we are not on a creek or beach. Lots of wind. Like a tropical depression that just won't leave. Lots of flooding in some parts of town, but we are OK. I won't have to worry about watering the plants any time soon.
Since my sleep/wake cycle has been upset, going to do some fabric therapy for a few hours. DH is having a few guys over tonight for some pay-per-view fight.
And the beat goes on. . . . . .
Sara in soggy Fla.

posted by Sara in Florida @ 4:50 PM