worlds dumbest criminal busted into my Audi (LAC)

[David Head]

I would have called the Mayor and the press. Its amazing what external attention
will do to a bureaucracy.

Robert Smith wrote:

> You're fortunate that the cops even give a darn about this. Years ago a
> similarly intelligent thief broke into my '86 VW Golf GTI. He broke the
> window and stole the radio (that was a real weak point for those cars) and
> did a real hatchet job on the dash. In the course of removing it, some items
> fell out of his pocket, including a NOTICE to appear in court for some other
> crime. It listed his name, five different aliases, address, date and time of
> court appearance, etc.
>
> This happened in Philadelphia. I flagged down a passing cop car. He said
> that it wasn't his precinct. I was parked at the end of a block, and his
> precinct started at the next block. He did call another cop for me. I waited
> an hour until he finally came. They wrote down the info and took the court
> appearance notice. A few days later I called the local police station to
> follow-up. I asked if they apprehended the thief when he appeared in court.
> The cop bluntly told me that they never do anything with crimes like that --
> they just take down the info!