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Several days ago, a work van was stolen in Albuquerque by two people (male and female). In the chase that ensued, they crashed the van into a car near my son's home, killing a teen girl instantly and injuring a mother and little boy (The Mother died yesterday). They caught the female a short time later, but the male (driver) remained on the loose.

Just got a notice on my iPhone that they have captured the male perp - right here in m y little town of Edgewood (we're 30 miles east of Albuquerque). Yikes!

https://krqe.com/2017/02/02/suspect-in-fatal-stolen-car-crash-arrested/

A concerned citizen spotted him at the McDonald's that is just up the street from my house.
 
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:scared: I'd be concerned to.
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Was just a couple months back a guy had his Corvette stolen at gunpoint from the local Smith's. We've also had a few break-ins in our immediate neighborhood (including a stolen truck).
 
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We have shots fired reported a couple time a week here in Cedar Rapids. It appears to be between rival gang overflow from Chicago.

A couple years ago I had a very wired guy at my back door telling me that he was supposed to come in and then became very angry when I told him no. Lucky I hadn't unlocked the door, he ran before 911 got here. Same thing the year before, different guy, this one was too blasted to pick his own nose. Cops gave him a ride home. I must have some sort of mark on the fence like the hobo code.
 
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A few years ago someone opened my car door in the wee hours of the night (car was in my driveway). I had a silent alarm that set off an alarm in my bedroom. I went out the basement and came around the house and chased the guy through my neighbor Jim's yard. I halted the foot chase since I knew my neighbor had a gun and running through his backyard at night could be dangerous. The perp got away but nothing taken from my car.
 
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sail said:
We have shots fired reported a couple time a week here in Cedar Rapids. It appears to be between rival gang overflow from Chicago.

A couple years ago I had a very wired guy at my back door telling me that he was supposed to come in and then became very angry when I told him no. Lucky I hadn't unlocked the door, he ran before 911 got here. Same thing the year before, different guy, this one was too blasted to pick his own nose. Cops gave him a ride home. I must have some sort of mark on the fence like the hobo code.
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I've had similar happen twice since living here (1995). Once a group of gang bangers came to front door (at 11PM) demanding to use my phone. When I told them no, they argued with me and finally left while cursing and throwing gang signs at me. The entire time, I had my hand behind my back on my friend Walther. Had another incident where some guy, who appeared high as a kite on something, came to my kitchen window asking me if he could come in and call someone. I turned him away in similar fashion.
 
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Basil said:
Several days ago, a work van was stolen in Albuquerque by two people (male and female). In the chase that ensued, they crashed the van into a car near my son's home, killing a teen girl instantly and injuring a mother and little boy (The Mother died yesterday). They caught the female a short time later, but the male (driver) remained on the loose.

Just got a notice on my iPhone that they have captured the male perp - right here in m y little town of Edgewood (we're 30 miles east of Albuquerque). Yikes!

https://krqe.com/2017/02/02/suspect-in-fatal-stolen-car-crash-arrested/

A concerned citizen spotted him at the McDonald's that is just up the street from my house.
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all that heart ache, sorrow & pain over a lousy stolen van?

Another Bonnie & Clyde wanna be.
 
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Basil said:
I had my hand behind my back on my friend Walther.
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Yup.

Walther is a close and personal friend here, too. :thumbsup:
 
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My friend Samuel keeps me company.
True 1911 (not an A-1), over 100 years old now.
Glasers are top round in each mag.
Take no prisoners, give no warnings.
 
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Jeff Dunham called.....he wants his Walther back..... :D
 
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My friend Samuel keeps me company.
True 1911 (not an A-1), over 100 years old now.
Glasers are top round in each mag.
Take no prisoners, give no warnings.
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I'm jealous.

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Jeff Dunham called.....he wants his Walther back..... :D
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...from my cold dead hand! :smirk:
 
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