ignorant people
08-29-2006, 07:25 PM
#21
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: LaPlata md USA
Posts: 958
RE: ignorant people
Sconer, don't give up on the justice system yet.
Last year we had someone come into our house (basement door was left unlocked for my son to get in after school) they stole adigital camera, a video camera and some ofmy wife's jewelry and some cash.
We called the police, they came out never found any finger prints or any other evidence, but wewere able to provide the serial numbers for the cameras.
Last month adeputy from the sheriffs office came by the house and told us the cameras had been recovered off of a juvenile that used to live in our neighborhood.
We go to juvenile court in September.
So you have to believe, itwill just take time.
Last year we had someone come into our house (basement door was left unlocked for my son to get in after school) they stole adigital camera, a video camera and some ofmy wife's jewelry and some cash.
We called the police, they came out never found any finger prints or any other evidence, but wewere able to provide the serial numbers for the cameras.
Last month adeputy from the sheriffs office came by the house and told us the cameras had been recovered off of a juvenile that used to live in our neighborhood.
We go to juvenile court in September.
So you have to believe, itwill just take time.
08-29-2006, 09:18 PM
#24
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: WESTERN NY / NORTHERN PA
Posts: 190
RE: ignorant people
ORIGINAL: sconer15478
Yea, it was really hard and still is learning that my paps gun is gone. Especially since he gave it to me about a year before he died. I don't have the S/N for my grandfathers gun but I do for the rest of em. The only thing is, I'm not really good with the whole book keeping thing so who knows where they are. I did file a police report and they did fingerprint,however, a friend of mines house was broken into approx 2 months ago (twice actually) and had guns stolen, got fingerprints from a window, and never heard anything about it again to date. So my faith in the justice system is little.
Yea, it was really hard and still is learning that my paps gun is gone. Especially since he gave it to me about a year before he died. I don't have the S/N for my grandfathers gun but I do for the rest of em. The only thing is, I'm not really good with the whole book keeping thing so who knows where they are. I did file a police report and they did fingerprint,however, a friend of mines house was broken into approx 2 months ago (twice actually) and had guns stolen, got fingerprints from a window, and never heard anything about it again to date. So my faith in the justice system is little.
Sorry to hear about your theft. Are you in northern PA? This is a real problem in northern PA and southern New York right now. As far as finger prints go, crimes are solved by prints about %1 of the time. The lift of the fingerprint has to be almost perfect and if the suspect is not already in the FBI fingerprint database from a previous crime it will turn up nothing. But, itis not uncommon for stolen guns to turn up somewhere down the line in another crime or if a dirtbag is trying to save his ownrear and turns over information to Police about another dirtbag this could reveal some stolen property. Keep your chin up and keep pressure on the investigating agency...the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
