Vandals

[Europhyllia]

We got married at Breckenridge Park (Japanese Tea Garden) and our truck was broken into while we were there. They stole my purse and some other stuff.
My checks had my work number on it and a few days later a lady called me at work asking if I had written a large check to a guy named *** ******. I said no way and told her my checks had been stolen out of my vehicle. She said she suspected something because the guy is a frequent customer at her store and him cashing a large personal check like that seemed unusual.
So she turned him in.
I felt so good thinking justice would be served now but guess what. The police said him having my checks didn't prove he also broke into my truck so even though we had name and address and everything of that guy it didn't do us one bit of good. Nothing ever came of it.
Just added insult to injury. As a victim you really don't have many rights. Not half as many as the people that rip you off.
A few years before that a teenager broke into my car at an apartment complex. They caught him with my sunglasses (I used to work as a surgical coordinator for an ophthalmologist and also managed the optical retail so I am good about providing definite ID on eyeglasses). He admitted the theft and then nothing happened.
I had to keep bugging the court to even have them consider restitution. I got $20 out of that kid. That's it. Like your car he trashed the window and even messed up the dashboard in an attempt to steal the whole vehicle.
Not trying to whine on your thread just wanted to give you a heads up that unless things have changed significantly in the last 5 years you may still be on the losing end even if they catch your guy. Sorry :(