HHMMMM....
When we got home from the party, I had a message from a Pleasant Grove detective. He told me they had detained a woman that they had been after for several weeks and my purse was in her car. I hung tight while they went through, photographed and documented everything. They called about 10pm and asked me to come down and claim my stuff.
Turns out this woman has been passing bad checks for weeks now, so they've been following her paper trail. They had video surveillance of her in various stores and bank drive thru's. So they knew what she looked like, her car and license plate. As luck would have it, the same day my purse had been stolen, the detective found himself right behind her at a stop light!
There were about 5 other purses in her car. My camera was in HER purse, she had started to write a check from my check book, my sunglasses are gone, make-up all there, $1000 worth of Macy's clothes were in the car and all the receipts were in my wallet! She wears size 7 shoes and doesn't have good taste:) That is all kept as evidence. They kept on referring to me as "the victim." I asked them to stop.
Things I'm going to do now:
- Always lock my car doors and never keep valuables in there (thank goodness we're good about locking our house and setting the alarm)
- Take an inventory of everything in my purse, especially credit and debit cards. Include phone numbers to credit card companies for quick cancellation.
- Write down the serial numbers of important electronics. Luckily we had the serial number to our camera since we still had the box. When you report an item of that nature stolen and are able to give the serial number, it goes into a database so that if it's pawned or if it's recovered, it is easily returned to you.
7 comments:
Wow, congratulations. Glad that's over?
That's so scary....and truly a miracle that detectives found the culprit. I'm so happy you found your valuables!
That is awesome that they caught her!!! and you are soooo lucky they did and that all yours stuff was in her car!! :) what a SNOT of a lady!! that is great that all of the evidence was in her car!! that is just crazy!! yes this time of the year is BAD for stealing, I hear it non stop on the news, so sad. I am happy this tragic story ended good for you! :)
I am glad it all worked out! That is such a pain!
I'm glad everything worked out. Remember when my car was stole in high school?? My door was even locked. Stupid ghetto car! Anyway, I've had my wallet stolen before too, and got it back. The best part was getting my license back! Who wants to stand in line at the DMV? Anyway, I'm glad you got it back. Was that a picture of your purse? It's super cute so that's a plus too. I'm just realizing I've had a lot of stuff stolen (car, wallet, camera, graphing calculator [in high school], car stereo). Everything except the car stereo has been returned. There's a blessing I've overlooked. Anyway, long comment! I'm glad you got it all back. :)
How do you have such BAD luck than such GOOD luck? You guys are strange...
Good advice, I never thought about writing the serial number down.
Has Shelbie had her baby? What is she having? I have no idea what is going on with them...can you update me. Thanks (middle man Kim).
I'm finally getting around to blogging and I CANNOT believe this happened to you!! What a blessing that he caught her THAT DAY! Imagine the HEADACHE it would have been!! I'm glad you are ok and safe!! Cute posts!! I need to catch up! haha.. Miss ya! It was fun seeing you and your cute hubby at the mall!!
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