[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Sign thieves caught!

[Ricky Baldwin]

Great story!

Should we collect a few stories like this and call the
News-Gazette?  

Last Saturday when I went out to get in my car, I
noticed my yard sign and my neighbor's had been
stolen.  It was #3 for me - and earlier in the week I
had found a discarded (presumably stolen) sign down my
street.  But when I went to get in my car, I also
found that someone had sprayed it witha  kind of
insulating foam - under the hood and inside the door. 
It wasn't seriously damaging to the car, but it was
upsetting to my family and neighbors because my car
was pulled upinto my driveway as far as it would go, a
good 20 yards from the street, between our houses and
under a bright outside light.  I did file a police
report, just so there's a record of it. 

Al Kagan's tires had also been slashed a few weeks
ago, while his car sat in his driveway fullof anti-war
signs.  Any others?

Ricky 

--- "Kranich, Kimberlie" <Kranich at WILL.uiuc.edu>
wrote:
> On Friday, my neighbor saw a jeep wrangler pull up
> next to her yard and pull
> out her "No Iraq war" sign.  She ran out of her
> house while the theives were
> attempting to remove my sign.  They saw her, shouted
> "Let's Go!" and took
> off, but not before she got their license plate
> number.  
> 
> She called the police, an officer came over,  and
> while she was giving the
> officer the details, another officer called to say
> they had caught the
> culprits.  They asked her what she wanted to do. 
> She asked what her options
> were. The most punitive response was a $150 fine. 
> The three culprits were
> 17 year old males. My neighbor decided to make the
> thieves return the signs.
> They brought them back, escorted by the police, and
> apologized saying it was
> just a "joke."  My neighbor explained that it wasn't
> a joke but was
> stealing.  He further explained that we all support
> our troops but disagree
> with the reason they are in Iraq.   Two of the three
> kids looked scared and
> embarassed.
> 
> One week ago the four NO Iraq War signs in my
> neighborhood were all stolen.
> We reported this to the police and my neighbor had
> kept her drapes slightly
> crackedsince so she could watch for any potential
> thieves.  Her quick action
> combined with the cooperation of the police caught
> the thieves and got us
> our signs back!
> 
> Kimberlie
> 
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