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I was in serious need of Christmas Spirit this morning, and was so pleased to open the wonderful e-card from my Secret Sister.
Last night we woke up to some noise on the front lawn at about 4:30 AM… Julia said she heard a man’s voice and some thumping sounds.. Ron looked out the window and didn’t see anything, but he went outside, and discovered our new lawn inflatable (the penguin and polar bear holding the word “JOY between them) was missing..
I couldn’t believe someone would stoop so low as to steal a lawn inflatable. I mean where’s your Christmas spirit, huh?
I was angry and sad personally, because it took me weeks to find that thing on sale, and hours to get in set in the lawn!! It was my favorite Christmas thing, and made the kids so happy and the house look so festive.
Anyway, Ron took a ride in the car, and found it lying on the side of the road around the block. It’s totally torn up from being yanked out of the ground. The plug is rippedout of the socket, and the base is bent. It seems they dragged it with their truck.
Obviously they didn’t want it for their house.. They just didn’t want US to have it for ours.
Just next door, my neighbor has a 12-foot Frosty, and these thieves pulled that down too, but left on their lawn.
I called the police, who took a report. And I figured that was the sorry end of that. But about 15 minutes after the police left, we heard the sound of a car door out front, and I saw a couple of guys on our lawn, one yanking our little white Christmas tree out of the lawn, and another going after our inflatable snowman!! There was a black SUV, parked out front, and that’s all Ron needed to see.
He bolted out of bed, and in his bare feet tore out the front door, and took off after these clowns…
The driver took off, leaving the two vandals to run after the getaway car, and Ron to run after them. A full tilt chase in bare feet won’t cut it, and they (fortunately, for them), escaped.
Ron was sooo angry. But he did manage to get the license plate, so the police were able to find the driver.
Unfortunately, when the police got to the house, the “parent” of these “boys” was being obstructive.. And Ron couldn’t positively identify the driver. The parent said there wasn’t any other people in the house.. Sooo.. We’ll have to just deal with that.
The real damage isn’t that we lost almost all of our lawn décor.. The real damage is that Julia thinks they picked our house because we have a menorah in our window along side our Christmas tree.
But . I just learned that neighbors down the block were vandalized too.. So .. although I'm sorry for them, I'm comforted in knowing that these were not biggoted vandals. To thier credit, they were equal-opportunity thuggs. I suspect that as the day goes on, more people will discover their decorations were trashed too. I only hope they find it important enough to call the police.
We suffered aproximately $115.00 in monitary damages.. and now have only one ornament left on the lawn. But I'm really so angry that someone trespassed on our property, and vandalized our space, right under the very window where our daughter was sleeping.
These "suspects" are men in their 20's.. not boys who have nothing better to do, or a lack of comon sense attributable to growing pains..
Even if no criminal charges will be filed, I think all the neighbors involved will file civil claims against these guys.
At least we're comforted in knowing where THEY live too.. And not surprisingly, they have NO lawn ornaments at their house.
Val
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