Wow, can't believe this came up today.
On Tuesday night, I was out at a pub picking up a printer from a friend. I went outside for a smoke and me and this other guy saw someone get out of a car and key a brand new Mercedes and a brand new Land Rover.
We both yelled "hey" at the guy (who had his shirt over his head) and he leaped in his car to take off......but not before I'd gotten his license plate number written down.

We asked around the bar who's cars they were that had been keyed, but nobody claimed them, so I called it into the PD. At this point, I also put notes on the windshields saying I'd seen it, got the guys license plate and had called it into the cops.

PD came out and found the owners of the cars - they worked in another building across from the bar.
Witness statements were duly taken, we gave good descriptions of the guy as well as having his license plate number.
It turns out it's a disgruntled ex-employee who they had fired for getting high at work.

All's well that ends well, they got the guy, the insurance will cover the repairs and hopefully the guy will plead guilty so I dont' have to go to court.

Oh, and two people in the bar actually yelled at me for calling the cops - they were worried about getting DUI's!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 16:11, 2 replies)

Cant have been too bright...
Lobbing paintstripper at them out of a moving car is far harder to spot, not so easy to ID and is way harder to patch up after...
(pev, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 19:23, closed)

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Speaks the voice of experience...
(Mr. In-Between has regretted posting this ever since, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 20:14, closed)