Sr Skip

Ever had your car broken into while you were in it? Yea, today went kinda like that...


Kara and I went up to Moulton Falls for Sr Skip day, great day for it with the hot sun and the cold water. Really, really cold water. Stayed there until around 2:15 when I went back up to the car. I was changing in the back when a white car pulled up and a black man jumped out. He ran up to my passenger door and pulled out a big piece of metal. I hit the panic button, but I guess he figured he just set off the alarm because he kept trying to get my window down, so I yelled and hit the windows and he ran off. We got the plates and a good description of the people in the car, then went down to warn the people still swimming about the break-in.

Most of the people down there were seniors, skipping from Battleground, Prairie, Heritage and Skyview. When people got back up to the lot, a couple from Heritage found that their friend's car (their friend had left several hours ago with someone else and was planning to come back) had the window broken in and a purse stolen. Since they had no way of getting around, and nobody's phones work that far out in the county, we drove them to Yacolt to try to find the sheriff... now despite a sign saying 'sheriff', there is no sheriff in Yacolt. So after waiting 45 minutes for dispatch to forward our call to someone who cared, we drove down to Battleground, where we realized the falls were out of their jurisdiction. 2 hours after my encounter, we walked into the precint in Brush Prairie where after 30 minutes we were finally able to file a formal report.

Yeah, what a day. Gotta love the law enforcement around here, picking on people going 44 in a 35 is apparently more important than persuing a brazen car prowler. In related news, if anyone sees a white 1994 toyota corolla with oregon plates ZKL-619... well, I'd have you call the police, but we all know how much good that will do.


I'll continue to post off and on, but don't think this means regular daily updates.