So, we helped a homeless couple find a "warm place" to stay on Saturday.
Son had to work an extra shift, came by after it was over to pick up his dog. We were on the stairway landing and I had a view through the front door window to the street. I saw a couple walk by on the sidewalk, looked a little closer to see if it was someone we knew. Nope. A couple second later, I see the woman backtrack and creep up our driveway. "Hey, it looks like someone lost their dog" says I, and proceed to head out to help. About that time I see Son's truck backing out of the driveway. (He'd left it idling). WTF!
Call 911, son gives a description of the truck, I describe the couple. Go over to the next door neighbor, who is a retired police detective, and wait for dispatch to send a car over. He outlines what thieves typically do after jacking a car, and it's not good.
15 minutes later my phone rings (Son's phone was in his truck) and the police have found the vehicle and arrested the miscreants. Apparently one of the patrolmen was in the exact right area when the call came over his radio and Son's description of a Captain America emblem on his truck hitch sealed the deal. The were stopped in a Win-Co parking lot. The woman who was driving said she was a former co-worker of my son's (lie) and had no idea where his phone had gone (lie). We found his phone on the street along the route they had taken after the deed. Asked why they did it, the woman said they were just looking for transportation to a warm place to get out of the cold.
So, as it turns out...they did find a "warm place" to spend the night. Merry Christmas.
