Saturday, June 23, 2007

update on the TP'd yard

This morning, things became a little more disturbing than just having some toilet paper in the yard/trees.  I guess there were things we couldn't really see at 12:40am when we were surveying the damage.  Ya know, Larry & I did this as kids and while it's a pain to clean up, we weren't really mad about it this morning...just ready to get it cleaned up & forgotten about.  But....

As it turns out, the for sale sign that they left in our yard was owned by a man who sold a house 3 weeks ago & threw away that sign at the same time.  And that house is in another town.  I figured that they had grabbed it out of some yard in our neighborhood, but apparently they stole it somewhere else weeks ago!

Also, it looks like the kids who did this were pretty brave!  They went inside our fenced backyard to do part of their littering/irritating business.  That's pretty bold.

But really, the worst part is that they were burning things out there.  We found several strips of charred toilet paper in the grass where they had layed it out & lit one end to watch it burn.  The strips of paper led up to our wood-mulched flower beds, trees, etc.  Then we discovered where they made torches out of small branches wrapped with toilet paper & lit them.  That really bothers me because that could have quickly gotten out of hand & burned up some trees or worse, our house!  Littering is one thing, but arson is quite another!

We called the police & made a report this morning.  They agreed to come by & check the house in the next few days, watching the house & yard at night especially.  I just hope this was a random thing by kids who had too much time on their hands.  I hope they will not be coming back!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

OMG Liz That sounds like gang activity.Do you have any problems with gangs where you live?.I know they are all over now...That is really scarry.To much time on their hands indeed, but to come into your fenced in back yard, and make torches..almost sounds like a subtle threat, or warning..Do you remember any encounter however small that you all might have had with someone..Road rage, kids at Church mad over something small..We have had problems with kids in Canton throwing bricks or rocks off the overpass on to cars.  No one has been caught yet though. I really hope the Police take your complaint very seriously! If they don't PLEASE call them again. My brother is a US Marshall and was a policeman all his life. He would tell you the same thing. Please be careful!