Justice - Re: Vandal

Folks, let it go. PO'd, like my 9 y/o son, wanted instant gratification, and since we weren't able to provide it, he's throwing a tantrum. The culprit has been caught, PO'd will get his justice, and the rest of us can go on with life. PO'd did provide a service to the community... he alerted us to this individual. Another slug driver was able to catch this individual before more cars could be damaged.

PO'd... Thanks for the warning. Sorry about your car. Glad they caught the guy. With thousands of slugs, you can't expect the community to know everyone and see everything. It's like working in the Pentagon and having your soda taken out of the communal fridge. What did you expect, 20,000 emails saying we didn't know anything? How many people out there fit the description of "male, tall (6'-6'2"ish), medium build, I'm guessing low-mid 30s, dark-short hair"?

If you choose to discontinue slugging, that's fine. But lighten up!!! If you drive with the same attitude that you've posted, you're going to be one angry driver, and possibly instigate or get involved in an accident. Be happy that they caught the guy and take your frustration out on him and his lawyer.

Amen, Ronin.

Why SpongeBob Square Pants!!! I am shocked by your posting!!!

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Let me just add this to this post. Most of you all assume that when a citizen reports a crime, they immediately get a police report number. I do not think that is true. From my experience in another state, what usually happens is the investigating officer will meet the victim, and attempt to interview the victim to ascertain how the facts of the case should be classified. As most information about crimes is classified in a national data base, the initial officer can not give you a report number. Usually, after submitting the paper work to the central data unit, they assign a unique case number for national crime data tracking purposes. Usually, depending on the size of the jurisdiction this can be obtained within days of your report. Remember, that police officers are dispatched in shifts, and they don't know how many crimes will be committed during a shift, so they don't carry a list of report numbers with them. After a period of investigation, police officers classify reports of crimes as founded, or unfounded. Once assigned a case number, they have to report the offenses as cleared or not. There is a little politics in clearing cases, a jurisdiction with a high percentage of cleared cases is deemed an effective policing unit. Sometimes, to avoid these cases from appearing on the list, the officer will tell the victim it is a civil matter to avoid assigning a report number and getting on this list. Thats not common, but it does happen, especially when the offender is apprehended. The state can pursue the criminal sanction but it may deem the matter better resolved through a civil court process.

Now, theft of a wallet, that usually doesn't happen. But vandalism, where there is no dispute as to the perpertrator and the liability is clear, may be an offense that the state does not want to pursue criminally. The criminal sanction in such cases is used as a carrot to make sure the perpretrator makes restitution. However, this person, if the facts which are alleged are true, twice committed the offense and so the state would normally want to pursue the criminal process in most circumstances.

But my point is that when you demand the reporter give you a case number, well they can't right away. On the theft of the wallet case, the woman had to wait until over the holiday weekend. She did get the report number, posted it publicly on this site. Not one of you refuted the actual report, so despite you calling her a liar, you owe this lady an apology. Now as to PO'ed, it is suggested that this person works for the HOT lane folks. Hello????? Get real! A bigger conspiracy theory never has existed. What FACTS support this allegation? Do you have a report number? A cell phone call data base to support complicity with HOT? Or is it ok for you to defame a persons integrity because you are a long term member of this board and have a cartoon name??? Maybe you should think twice before making accusations you can not support with facts. This just goes along with my general comment that Sponge when you call people "idiots" or "stupid" you denegrate yourself, not the person you attack. Life is more than a cartoon, and your accusation is simply childish.

If PO'ed is not being honest, then so be it. I do not know that, and NEITHER do you. But you have a pretty high opinion of your self if you think at a time when terrorists are killing people in subways, and resorts around the world, that you think the news folks would drop coverage of that because a slug's car was vandalized. Please!!! The world does not revolve around the slugging community. A private citizens loss of personal prperty is hardly breaking news.

Now, I will be out of town several days. Go ahead and spew your venom and sarcasm at me. Heck, I am just a slug who rides into DC everyday who thinks we all deserve better from our fellow man than the crap on this site.

Let me put an end to this thread (if possible)...at least for me.

I only came here asking for information from any possible witnesses that may be able to recognize the slugger given the time/date, lot, and physical description.

Let me say that in my original post in the original thread that I DIDN'T EXPECT for someone to be able to help. Sure, I hoped...but I certainly didn't EXPECT it. I knew it was a long shot, but I thought it was worth a simple little post.

When I started this thread, I simply noted that the slug was caught and that it wasn't because of any help from anyone on this board, but another driver who had also been victimized (who incidentally has never heard of this website until yesterday).

Yes, I have a police report number. Actually, now I even have a case number. But why should I provide that information to you? To prove that I am telling the truth? Like I said before, I don't care if you believe me or not...so why would I feel the need to satisfy your requests? All that I wanted to do here was get information...not make friends. That information is no longer needed so I have no reason to be here anymore.

Since you all seem to take such offense at someone accusing a slugger of being a criminal, I'll put your minds at ease and tell you that this whole fiasco never happened. That's what you want to hear right? Well...there you go....IT NEVER HAPPENED. Only the other victim and I know the truth. If thinking it never happened helps you get on with your lives, then so be it.

Good day to all of you.