Educated Thief

When I took the dogs for a walk on Tuesday morning, I was stopped by a neighbor who had just had his car window smashed in and his sub woofer stolen. I thought, "that sucks" and told him to call the police. As I walked on, I thought: "maybe I should check my car."

There it was with the back rear passenger window smashed out. I couldn't imagine what they would want with my car, but then I remembered the book back I kept in the back seat with law school study guides and notes/outlines passed on to me from other students . It was a smash and grab operation and they probably thought they might get lucky and find a computer or some bank statements, but I imagine there was some disappointment when they looked inside and just found a bunch of business entities notes. I am not too upset about loosing the books. The book on trial techniques that was in the bag may come in handy for the thief in the future. He will probably not get caught for this, but if he is doing drugs and stealing to pay for it, there is a very good chance he will eventually get caught for something (I am not being sexist here, but in my 5 months at the prosecutor's office, I have yet to see a woman in court for a vehicle prowl.)

So $162 dollars later and after a bunch of hassle, my car window is replaced and I have removed all extraneous stuff from my car. If only they knew how much more valuable those books are at law school than at a pawn shop.