A new challenge
Yesterday, Chris went to Douglas to get some plumbing supplies to hook up our new 40 gallon hot water heater (the 6 gallon did its job, but we wanted more than a 5 minute shower) and then made what was intended to be a brief stop at Walmart to pick up a few things for the house. He parked the truck, went into Walmart for less than 40 minutes and returned to find……THE TRUCK WAS GONE. Yes, that’s right, someone stole his wonderful 8 month old truck from the Walmart parking lot. Thank goodness he was not hurt and the truck is insured. The police officer came to take his statement and when she heard a description of the truck she said she felt horrible because she had just called in our truck to the dispatcher. I guess it seemed suspicious to her, but not suspicious enough to pull it over, or there just wasn’t enough “probable cause” to detain someone. Walmart security will be viewing all the video tape of the suspects and handing it over to the police. What they saw right away in the video was a car pull up next to the truck, and in under a minute someone else was sitting in our truck and starting it up. It was completely locked and everything, but apparently one can purchase a de-coder for those electronic locks that you can do with a remote from your key chain. Chris learned that Walmart has had a horrible rash of car thefts from their parking lot. Thieves take them, drive the half-mile to cross into Mexico, where the 4-wheel drive trucks are used to bring drugs and illegal aliens across the desert into the US. Ugh! I get so frustrated with the drug trade and with people here in the US who do drugs. The whole drug trade via Mexico (and elsewhere) ruins innocent people’s lives and affects folks like Chris and I who are so far removed.
