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shawn time 05.38.05..11.19.04
the sound of my own voice
If you heard "hey!!!", "HEY!!!", "HEYYYYYY!!!" echoing through the streets of downtown Porltand at about 4am Friday morning, that was me.
I was yelling at the guy that was rummaging through my car.
He heard me.
He ran.
That was about an hour and a half ago.
I saw the guy, briefly, before he ran off around the corner. All my stuff was still there. Well, except my keyboard. The most mother heavy thing in my car got stolen.
I think there must have been another person involved. The guy that ran off definitely was not carrying it. And it was too heavy, and too short of a time for him to have been back for a second trip.
Everything else was left.
If I were thinking clearly when I was being robbed, I would not have yelled so loudly at him. Maybe not at all. I think I would have skipped right to the calling the police part of the story. It would have been a bit more enjoyable to watch the police roll up and yell at him, than it was for me to have an excuse to yell through the streets of pdx at 4 in the morning.
He did leave his flashlight in my car. The police took that.
He did drop his cell phone. The police took that.
He did leave his fingerprints. The police did not take that.
I drove around for 20 minutes or so afterwards. I don't really know what I would have done if I saw him cruising down the street with my Yamaha SY85. Maybe I would have just taken the opportunity to yell "HEY" real loud again and hear my voice echo through the streets of Portland at 4 in the morning as he dropped my keyboard and ran away. Then I would have a broken keyboard.
Comments
melanie wrote this at 08.14.45..11.19.04
Shawn, that is so sad about your key board! I am sorry that someone busted your car and stole your stuff- especially while you were praying at the house of prayer.
just in case you didn't see my post below... I really like reading your blog. I check it a lot at work when things are slow.
mk up in ak wrote this at 09.57.13..11.19.04
We regularly receive subpeonas from the FBI, DEA, CIA, Anchorage Police Dept, and even the occasional vigilante. 99.9% of the time with either a cell # or a cell phone the person is caught. Crime doesn't pay, kiddies. You'd be amazed at what you can find out about a person with our systems when you know their #. Who and where they are, where they've been, who they've called, etc.
Lil' Bro wrote this at 01.13.43..11.21.04
Welcome to the Subaru Window beat in Club. Not a cool club to be a part of however. nice of the guy to leave you his cell phone to help cover all the damamages though. Should be nice and easy for the cops to find now if they actually do much about it.
