Morgantown, Misadventures
The wheel theft of tuesday night:
23/07/10 19:36
I went and saw Inception this past weekend with my friend Tony. We were blown away by the cinematography. The movie was visually surreal, and the premise and its plot development superb. Watching it, I felt blown away like the first time you watch "The Matrix". Naturally, with The Dark Knight and Inception being so good, I've taken a liking to Christopher Nolan's films. So this past tuesday, after a long day, Tony and I settled into watching another Christopher Nolan film: The Prestige.
After the movie, at 12:30, Tony and I called it a night. I retired to my room, only to find my phone ringing. It was Tony. He was in the visitor parking lot closest to my building. His two front tires were gone and his car was sitting on blocks.
Who in Morgantown does this?
I had my radar detector stolen out of my car about a month ago and I thought it was some opportunistic college student thinking he had found a free way out of beating a speeding ticket.
Apparently, I should have reported it stolen, because this was part of a wave of thefts at West Run and Copper Beech. (Copper Beech is apparently the robbery/break in capital of Morgantown).
Tony was not exactly pleased at this. And really, who is stealing rims off a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am when there is Lexus two cars over?
We called the state police and his insurance company. This story has a happy ending. By the time the state police showed up, the Morgantown police had caught a vehicle at the Sheetz near Pineview Dr. They called the state police officers out on the call. The wheels found in the vehicle looked to be a match. Tony was going to get his stolen property back in the same night.
So we played the waiting game. We stayed up and waited around his car for the police to bring back the wheels. In the mean time, I befriend a thin, all-black stray kitten which was probably abandoned outside my building. I named him/her "Jinxy", because he/she is bad luck and he/she crossed our paths. The kitten has no fear of people and is obviously looking for a human companion. We saw a few other stays closer to 4am. So many college students have abandoned their animal obligations. It makes me feel sad that a living thing is considered a disposable possession by this generation's future leaders of the world.
Anyway, they caught the thief by pure luck, but the jack gave out while putting on one of the two missing tires. It still cost Tony $100 to to have a Tow Truck help us get the tires on.
After the movie, at 12:30, Tony and I called it a night. I retired to my room, only to find my phone ringing. It was Tony. He was in the visitor parking lot closest to my building. His two front tires were gone and his car was sitting on blocks.
Who in Morgantown does this?
I had my radar detector stolen out of my car about a month ago and I thought it was some opportunistic college student thinking he had found a free way out of beating a speeding ticket.
Apparently, I should have reported it stolen, because this was part of a wave of thefts at West Run and Copper Beech. (Copper Beech is apparently the robbery/break in capital of Morgantown).
Tony was not exactly pleased at this. And really, who is stealing rims off a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am when there is Lexus two cars over?
We called the state police and his insurance company. This story has a happy ending. By the time the state police showed up, the Morgantown police had caught a vehicle at the Sheetz near Pineview Dr. They called the state police officers out on the call. The wheels found in the vehicle looked to be a match. Tony was going to get his stolen property back in the same night.
So we played the waiting game. We stayed up and waited around his car for the police to bring back the wheels. In the mean time, I befriend a thin, all-black stray kitten which was probably abandoned outside my building. I named him/her "Jinxy", because he/she is bad luck and he/she crossed our paths. The kitten has no fear of people and is obviously looking for a human companion. We saw a few other stays closer to 4am. So many college students have abandoned their animal obligations. It makes me feel sad that a living thing is considered a disposable possession by this generation's future leaders of the world.
Anyway, they caught the thief by pure luck, but the jack gave out while putting on one of the two missing tires. It still cost Tony $100 to to have a Tow Truck help us get the tires on.