blobbottlebob
Well-Known Member
Funny what makes a person turn themselves in . . .
(Advance warning; This is a bit long),
Let me back up a bit. I arrive at work and a neighbor asks me to come outside. Overnight, someone has driven up over about five feet of sidewalk and smashed into the side of our building. Several boards of siding have been destroyed. You can tell the direction that the car was travelling by the damage to the boards. (It was eastboubnd). There is also a huge pile of glass on the sidewalk.
There are trees planted by the city boarding the road along the sidewalk. A very large one would have protected our building from an east-bound vehicle. So, we conjecture that the car may have been taking a U-turn and ran up on the sidewalk. Why would he / she have hit the building? It was probably bar time and the driver was likely drunk. They did not leave any way of contacting them.
Upon further inspection, we realize that the car continued eastbound driving ON TOP of the sidewalk. They came up to a newly planted tree (maybe about four inches in diameter). You can see the spot where the side-view mirror hit the tree and removed the bark. Because it was a tight spot between the building and the tree, the side view mirror first squished into the driver's side window and then it shattered. Then the whole plastic housing (of the side mirror) feel off.
I looked carefully through the tempered glass debris pile (of the window) and I see a little square patch of glass stuck together. It was a sticker that had been on the window. I pick it up and notice that it is the overnight parking permit that you must display on the dirver's side window to overnight park on the street. Although it is not from the exact suburb that I am in, I think this might lead somewhere. Instead of calling our police department, I call the one where the parking permit was issued. I ask, "Do those little numbers at the bottom of the permit specifiy which vehicle the permit was placed upon?" She says, "Yes. Every car has a different number." I thanked her and told her that an officer from my suburb would be in contact with her shortly.
I called the police. Next I gave him the sticker and he went to check out the permit. He found the address of the person who bought the permit. He drove to the house and knocked on the door. No answer. Then he left a card in the door telling the person that they needed to contact his department. An hour later, the resident has a sudden burst of conscience. He turns himself in.
(Advance warning; This is a bit long),
Let me back up a bit. I arrive at work and a neighbor asks me to come outside. Overnight, someone has driven up over about five feet of sidewalk and smashed into the side of our building. Several boards of siding have been destroyed. You can tell the direction that the car was travelling by the damage to the boards. (It was eastboubnd). There is also a huge pile of glass on the sidewalk.
There are trees planted by the city boarding the road along the sidewalk. A very large one would have protected our building from an east-bound vehicle. So, we conjecture that the car may have been taking a U-turn and ran up on the sidewalk. Why would he / she have hit the building? It was probably bar time and the driver was likely drunk. They did not leave any way of contacting them.
Upon further inspection, we realize that the car continued eastbound driving ON TOP of the sidewalk. They came up to a newly planted tree (maybe about four inches in diameter). You can see the spot where the side-view mirror hit the tree and removed the bark. Because it was a tight spot between the building and the tree, the side view mirror first squished into the driver's side window and then it shattered. Then the whole plastic housing (of the side mirror) feel off.
I looked carefully through the tempered glass debris pile (of the window) and I see a little square patch of glass stuck together. It was a sticker that had been on the window. I pick it up and notice that it is the overnight parking permit that you must display on the dirver's side window to overnight park on the street. Although it is not from the exact suburb that I am in, I think this might lead somewhere. Instead of calling our police department, I call the one where the parking permit was issued. I ask, "Do those little numbers at the bottom of the permit specifiy which vehicle the permit was placed upon?" She says, "Yes. Every car has a different number." I thanked her and told her that an officer from my suburb would be in contact with her shortly.
I called the police. Next I gave him the sticker and he went to check out the permit. He found the address of the person who bought the permit. He drove to the house and knocked on the door. No answer. Then he left a card in the door telling the person that they needed to contact his department. An hour later, the resident has a sudden burst of conscience. He turns himself in.
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