GOOD NEWS! pg.4

When I was young/stupid/still in high school my brothers brand new truck kept getting vandalized by some sophomores who had just recieved their licenses. What they would do is wait for his truck to be sitting outside of his (now)ex-grirlfriends house. When it was, they would drive by and throw butter and other types of annoyingly messy food condiments on his car which can actually do a number on the clear coat if left on for too long. Well, my brother was able to snag their license plate number and one night my best friend and I were bored and wanted to do something. We decided to go out and find this car, as slim of a chance as it were that we'd find it.

We hopped in my car and started looking for every White Ford Explorer that we could find to see if it had the plates. The brother of the ex-girfriend said he though he knew where the person lived who owned the car so we searched that neighborhood high and low. The last Cul De Sac that we searched had the car in it. We let the air out of all four tires and I pulled two of the stems out so they woulnd't have a choice but to tow it to a place that could replace them.

Childish? Yes, but I was younger then. Also, the kids never vandalized my brothers truck after I gave them a taste of what it was like to have your own vehicle messed with.

If you want a good chance of catching these guys I would write down the plates of every car that drives through your neighborhood after hours. Chances are they wouldn't park the car right next to the job they were doing as it would make it easier for someone to run out and write the plates down. If they are 'pros' then they scout the neighborhood a few days in advance to see what cars and usually parked outside at night and look for any indicators of alarm systems that might detur them from busting up that car.

If you use your own car as bait, make sure you empty out EVERYTHING but your friends laptop. even take the change out of the change drawer.