Punk kid tries to break into my truck at 4AM

UPDATE: 5/3/11 Since this video was taken, kids have tried at least three more times to break into cars on my street. Last September a kid got into a neighbor's car (left the doors unlocked) and to drive home the point that the kid was in his car, he left a ciggarette butt in the cup holder. Bad idea... Cops ran DNA and 8 months later, kid got arrested. Here's the news article: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/dna-on-cigarette-butt-links-p...


This video was captured during a rash of car break-ins in my gated community. This person was walking up to every car, testing to see which ones were unlocked. Those that opened, were fair game. Neighbors had Christmas gifts, wallets, guns and other valuables stolen on this night. Granted, they should have had their vehicles locked (as mine was)...

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• car
• break-in
• robbery
• theft
• vehicle
• entry
• burglary
• caught
• on
• tape

[erkme73]

Here's an interesting follow up... What the kid didn't get from my locked truck, he did get from my neighbor's unlocked Jeep. He stole some expensive sunglasses and an iphone charger. He also hit about 10 other cars. It wasn't enough that the punk took the stuff. He wanted to make sure the owner knew he'd been there... So he left his cigarette butt in the cup holder. DNA got him 8 months later...

[erkme73]

I added a link to the story in the description...



[peerenboom77]

Interesting video. I'm a recent victim of such a crime. My doors were locked, but the asshole broke the window. They stole my laundry for fuck sake. The experience has changed me. I'm far more hard on criminals than I ever was before.

[erkme73]

Amazing how quickly compassion for the fellow human can turn into skepticism, resentment, and contempt. I have come to the conclusion that ALL humanity is evil at it's core - and EVERYONE is not only capable but likely to do these things. All it takes is the idea they can get away with it. We see it on Wall Street, scammers, and priests. It is precisely why I have 16 cameras in/on my home, and three in my car.

[loonmaniac]

Thieves should be taken out and shot without trial.

[TaxPayingUnit]

At my previous residence my vehicle was broken into 7 times in 15 days, and many many other times. I used to leave it unlocked just so they would'nt break the windows or tear out the door locks (they did both). I finally ended up hanging dozens of fish hooks from the trees around the area where I parked with 20 # fishing line. Three nights later I got a heck of a show when I woke up to screaming and swearing in the middle of the night.

Of course, I do not reccomend this method. =)

[lucianaleblancers]

i have a ferrari 458 italia, and nobody around here's tried to get it, it only had a pack of mint chewing gum inside it, but i had stupid little kids touching it and hugging it, it's annoying, so we sold it incase people broke it/ stole it

[21toon21]

I saw this and i was like damn son......brians a retard

[alajreid257]

@ndgh209 4am Im sure he was sleeping

[MillionsButtcheeks]

People who break into cars are shit.

[ndgh209]

Why didnt you go out there and kick there asses? I mean you saw the guy on ur security monitors right?

If I saw that Id go out there with a bat or a gun or something man and those idoits are prob dumb 19 year old losers.

[JTF93]

@erkme73 I know this is old but I understand what you mean. I've never really thought much of the people walking around my "neighborhood" if you call it that. But last night my truck was broken into and almost $900 worth of stereo equipment etc. was gone, not to mention the price of the two windows they broke. Like peerenboom77 said, it has changed me too, since this morning. I definately will be installing security camera and loudest most sensitve alarm on my truck and keeping my gun by my bed.

[yun514]

that is because some ppl leave there door car unlock .. it happen to me so they stole my i pod and my brass knuckle

[xlr8ter4]

LOVE THE STICKER AT THE TOP OF YOUR WINDOW!!!! Damn, I need to do that to mine! Tired of people who have no sense of road rules.

[Dewdaahman]

he didn't try to break into your truck.. if caught in one lie noone has to believe another word you utter or type.. bigtime fail.. the title should have been, imo, kid walks up to my truck at 4am.. am I missin' somethin'..? I didn't think so..