The thieves are definately going to be paranoid for a long time to come knowing everyone is ticked off at them and watching.
The only trouble I've had at my home was a bunch of kids who went through the neighborhood slashing tires. They got my car and my truck. I noticed something wrong with my tire before I hit the highway. Over $200 for new tires. I was fit to be tied. The new officer who came out treated it like a joke- "just kids having fun." If it's so much fun, let them slash their parent's tires and see how funny it is. Anyway I found out many homes in my neighborhood had been hit, over $4,000 in damage. And the same cop- "it's just kids having fun."
I decided to have fun. I got together a reward, $200 and sent the word out on the street to every kid who passed by that the money was for the arrest of those who did it- NO QUESTIONS ASKED!
It only took a week before a member of the group turned the others in. I got the other car owners together and we went as a group to the police station. I asked who turned the group in, and gave him the money in front of the others. When he started to leave, I asked where he thought he was going. His father replied that they were going home. I replied: "I said we would not ask any questions. We never said we would drop the charges!"
We asked for the money to cover our tires immediately- we had the receipts with us. The parents had a choice: pay the damages or be prosecuted and sued, watch the thugs go to juvy. They paid.
No one has had a problem since. At least not from them. It pays to get justice. Perhaps a "no questions asked" reward will help here. Criminals let their greed guide them.
