re: Anyone Ever Caught Someone In The Act Of Stealing?

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I probably should have called the cops

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What good would this do? There is nothing for the cops to do once you got your shite back. They come out, you tell them "he stole my tools" the guy says "no I didn't. This guy found his tools out in the parking lot and is trying to accuse me of stealing". It becomes your word against his and even if he admits to it, as long as you have your stuff in hand already, they will not do anything about petty theft.

When I was a teenager, someone came into our backyard and broke into our shop. My mom saw them as they were leaving out the shop... with her bike. She grabs her gun and goes outside and they were long gone. I honestly think she was hoping to shoot one. She called the cops, they pretty much said they couldn't do anything unless she had the serial number of the bike, otherwise they could not prove someone had her bike. A few days later she was outside planting flowers.. Saw a guy pass on a bike that looked exactly like hers (which doesn't mean it was hers), she jumped in my dad's truck, following the guy to the hospital, where he put the bike up and went inside. She went take it.

I never caught anyone stealing anything like a bunch of tools or anything else of value, but ive seen people steal out of a convenience store.