Hey guys. About 5am this morning i woke up to my car alarm going off in my driveway. I threw on the lights scrambled out of bed to throw on some clothes. I get outside and the alarm has stopped going off by this stage. open the door can't see anyone. I leave the drivers window down a lot (bad habit) so was thinking something had set it off until... boom a head pops up from behind my car! I say "oi, F*ck off" and the guy walks out from behind the car. crowbar in hand he stares me down and says "what" a mate of mine is living with me for a while so I say "chris get up, give me your phone" tell the guy to f off again and that i'm calling police. he still wasn't moving so i shut the door for a few seconds allowing him to leave. i wasn't game to walk out there and face down with a crowbar and some junkie. call the police give them a descriuption. - white, blond hair red jacket black maybe navy pants big f*ck off crowbar 20-30 but maybe early 30's. didn't see which way they went. after i got off the phone i went and inspected the car. doesn't seem to be any damage but the centre console was open. he's nicked all of my change and the spare key to my sister's car. lucky she wasn't parked at home. the police turn up and i tell them this. they are happy to keep scouring nearby rather than inspect my car as i'm happy that there isn't much to see. they came back and by now an hr has passed and they haven't got him. they took a statement and left. i tried to go back to sleep but couldn't so i just lay in bed. an hr later again (now 7am) i get an unknown caller. they've gotten him. description matches to a tee and he was found in the police's words "around the corner hanging out of another car" so i'm at maccas now having a feed and sharing this before i go to the cop shop to make a statement. a timely reminder that even if you live in a nice street and your car is in your driveway under a carport some junkie will still try so don't make a target of yourself. given the timeline i'm pretty sure that he tried to open the door before anything else so the entire time i was putting on lights and throwing on pants is the time he used to nick everything. my window overlooks the carport (i mean the carport is just outside... no grass no nothing) and he was still happy no nick stuff while the alarm was going and lights were being thrown on. he was still in the car when i opened the door ffs then he stood in front of me and challenged me to call the police! that was his error had he run i wouldn't have had such a good description.

That's excellent news they caught him. Now if only Australia actually punished criminals instead of listening to their sob stories then letting them off pretty much scott free.

Awesome Mitch. Hope the wagon is alright.

good stuff mitch. clad nothing was damaged ,hope the junkie c*nt gets some time behind bars

good they got him now the part that does my head in, he knows where i live, knows i probably got him busted then i wonder is he going to get revenge one day

so got to teh cop shop and heres what happened theerafter. cops show me a statement pretty much as per above. i say that all i want to add to it is that i had a full view of him and spoke to him from 4m away hence why i had such a great description. The police recon they have 3 confirmed thefts he has pulled off starting at 12.20am, me at 5 and the guy who's car they caught him in at 7am. he is also currrently on parole and so smashed that he didn't know where he was. they have pretty strong evidence against him, he even had some of my pennies from the UK. heres what he had on him when they took him - 1 navman heaps of change 4 cds (1 cliff richard, 1 2cd set classical, 1 pink floyd, 1 supertramp.) 1 car key... heres where it gets strange(r than cliff richard ) he also had a case for something (not a navman but similair size) and a car's service books. they recon i won't hear from him again and he will be going well to remember talking to me let alone where he was when it happened. he is locked up getting sober atm. lucky for me and everyone else4 it was my description that got him. the patrol car must have kept prowling for him which is nice of them. ---------- Post added 12-02-12 at 11:24 ---------- p.s. the vl is ok. it wasn't on the property and is always super protected and out of sight anyway. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Good stuff! Sounds like he is a small time crock anyways... Like you said, just a junkie or something

yeah who knows... the police even recon the crowbar had been nicked from another car. theres a hsv and a few tradie's utes in my street on the road so not sure why he ventured into my driveway within sight of 2 bedfrooms and then stayed when all of the lights came on and the alarm. police recon he was just hammered. and yeah not sure what he was in for before but judging by the fact that he got drunk and will now be locked up for a navman, 4 crap cds and some shrappers you would think it's petty crime.

Finally some good news in the stolen section. Well done Mitcham.

i wish i had a photo to name and shame the guy! so stoked they got him i was having all of those "what if he comes back" thoughts. I asked selo to bring me the cricket bat we made out of a 2x4 for aust day ha. i was just happy the guy left though. i closed the door to let him walk away. i didn't think he'd gotten anything and i just wanted him the hell away from me and my car with that crowbar.

Would still prefer that he has his hands cut off like In some Islamic countries! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by silverRB [View Post] Would still prefer that he has his hands cut off like In some Islamic countries! Yeah unfortunately people have 'rights' in this country. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

dno about the hands cut off thing. i'd rather he be in jail than on a disability pension somewhere. also you can do some serious damage with blunt objects haven't you seen ncis? haha

Quote: Originally Posted by pickled [View Post] Yeah unfortunately people have 'rights' in this country. Yer that is infortunate...Some don't deserve them.

firstly great news that he got caught, your car wasnt damaged and you werent hurt but this is just my opinion and if i was in the same situation and someone fronted up like that at my house after breaking into my car i wouldve done the same thing about closing the door on him but that wouldve probably been only to go back in the kitchen and grab every knife in the drawer and put an end to the precious air this low life is wasting

good to here they caught them but i can guarentee he'll end up like to the 2 lil ****s i caught who smashed up my vk. Caught em both red handed me and my brother tackled them to the ground and held them till the cops arrived were charged, they got $500 good behavior bonds, no conviction recorded and didn't have to pay restitution for the damage they caused I was out $800 to fix the panels and windows they damaged and that was me doing it myself, systems ****ed

Quote: Originally Posted by FATPSI [View Post] good to here they caught them but i can guarentee he'll end up like to the 2 lil ****s i caught who smashed up my vk. Caught em both red handed me and my brother tackled them to the ground and held them till the cops arrived were charged, they got $500 good behavior bonds, no conviction recorded and didn't have to pay restitution for the damage they caused I was out $800 to fix the panels and windows they damaged and that was me doing it myself, systems ****ed only man did the same thing, edited, cops said he wont get much for it, sure enough good behaviour and over $3k in tools gone

well this guy was on parole and he has hit 3 cars that the po knew of so i think he isn't in a great position for a good behaviour claim... ---------- Post added 12-02-12 at 22:11 ---------- $hit bloke though. stood at the end of my driveway tonight you can barely even see that a car is there. everything about it is odd, his targets, his stolen items, his behaviour... i am starting to think that he was either having a really bad trip aswell as alchohol or he actually wanted to be locked up?

Quote: Originally Posted by vltrb-0 [View Post] only man did the same thing, edited, cops said he wont get much for it, sure enough good behaviour and over $3k in tools gone Hence my push for hand removal Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Bloody good news Mitch. Let's just hope they throw the book at him. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.