That was good work by the sheriff's deputies.
They are responsive in his county.
His security measures made it easy to catch the guy.
I'm taking mental notes. Someone just broke into two homes, stole tools, lumber and a boat from me.
This one is a happy story.
You are kidding, right.
Had a creep make weird advances on my wife soon after we married.
Kept coming in the store she worked at, making her uncomfortable.
She was afraid I would go after him, only when it got scary, did she show me the notes he had written her.
(At least she kept them)
When she calmed down, we went to the State Police.
The detective did a reverse number search on the phone number
on a letter, and told us the guys name. But there was confusion as to
which person, there are 2 locals with the same name.
They mentioned areas of residence, but not address. For both
One, no record. The other had faced rape charges, but the lady
dropped the charges. (Way it used to be here) Cops were certain
he was a bad dude and had done it.
They tried his number and couldn't get him, then promised to pick him up the next day and talk to him. They told us they would let us know.
Close to a week went by, nothing.
Meanwhile I'm sitting in a parking lot with a rifle watching my wife leave work,
and she is scared to even leave the house.
Finally, I got the [bleep] of it, one evening, and we went looking for the
sky blue K-Car she saw him drive. Finally found it at an apartment
in an area mentioned by the detective.
We went to a gas station, used a pay phone and let it ring. And ring.
Until the deadbeat POS answered.
I suddenly became a credit card rep and tried to sign him up.
He hung up.
Called the cops, told them where he lived, that he was home,
That I talked to him and he had no clue what was going on.
About two hours later, the cops called me.
They had stopped by, and talked to him. He apologized, said we wouldn't
see or hear from him again. (Didn't, until he was in the paper arrested
for assaulting a woman.)
A page to explain that the cops only jumped on it because he was
sitting outside the guys house, ready to pounce.
Violence is the only thing that lights a fire and gets a real response.
They didn't want it. Once they got there, the rest was too easy to resist. Plus, if the didn't follow through, he might have.
Just as in our case.
Once they knew I was hunting the guy and knew where to find him,
They had to do something. They couldn't be sitting on their hands
let it lead to violence.
