damn frickin' thieves

So my car got broken into AGAIN a couple nights ago, this time while parked in Surrey. It happened to be the one night where i didn't turn on the alarm. This time around, the bad guy (or girl) took my deck. Ironically, I had been thinking of replacing it, since it doesn't work very well any more. But they took my new jacket too....argghhh. The bad guys could have at least coordinated their efforts.....cuz now i have to make two separate claims for insurance, which means two deductibles. At least this thief was smarter, since they didn't leave behind any fingerprints. Nor they didn't leave as big a mess as the first one. Sigh....

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CSI: Burnaby

This past Saturday morning, i discovered my car had been broken into and vandalized while parked in my underground parkade. It appeared they had gone through the car to find nothing of value inside, and then decided to scratch up the hood. I was pissed, but hey...its not the first time its happened to me. Anyways..what made this experience kinda different was that there were fingerprints all over driver's window. And since i had just washed my car, they were so obvious. So i did what every good citizen should do, and i called the RCMP. The first time i got through to the RCMP and reported the crime, they gave me a file number and said i'll need for insurance purposes. I told them about the fingerprints but they kinda brushed me off at first. FINE! at least i tried! Anyways, they call me back in 5min to say they had just received 6 other reports of vehicles broken into, and they decided to send a car out. In about 1/2 hour two RCMP officers arrived, to meet me and some other residents. Turned out that 12, yes...12 vehicles were broken into in one night. On the scene were Constable G and his rookie partner, Constable K. It was fun watching the two, both took their time examing each car for evidence...and found a screwdriver, a flashlight and some rubber gloves.... When Constable G looked at the prints on my car, they reacted as if they hit jackpot cuz he said the prints were "beautiful", so he got on the phone and called the Ident Team, the RCMP equivalent of CSI for these property crimes. A couple hours later, another female constable arrived with all her gear, dusted the window and lifted some finger and palm prints. They took endless pics of my car, and did all sorts of measurements. It was like CSI....without the crime scene tape, the dead body, and the snappy music. In one hour, any crime could be solved in CSI. In reality, it took 3 hours just to lift prints and gather evidence from my car.