The hood ornaments were stolen off three Mercedes in my driveway one Friday night.
We were heading out the next Saturday morning, I discovered the "damage" and my youngest Son found a drivers license in the front yard. When I got back home, I called the police then I looked up the phone number that belonged to the address on the license. I called the number & asked for the name on the license. His father woke him up (at 11:30 AM) and I explained to him that three hood ornaments were missing off three of my Mercedes and I found his license in the front yard and the police were on their way over to my house. He stammered & then stated that he misplaced his license the day before & he did not know how it ended up in my front yard. When the police stopped by, I handed over the license and told them that I had called the kid. They grinned and one said "I know, he called us to explain that he was no-where near your house last night and we have two officers over there right now". They completed the investigation at my house then went over to the kid's house. I received a call 45 minutes later - one of the officers explained that the two had confessed (the license owner and a neighbor), that he had all three hood ornaments lying on the table in front of him and wanted to know if I wanted to press charges. Then he said "Wait second, something else has developed - I'll call you back" He called a few minutes later to explain that an entire box of hood ornaments was brought out of the kid's room and that the decision to press charges was no longer in my hands. I received a call one week later from the case investigator. He explained that the parents had come in and literally cried all over his desk. He asked if I wanted to press charges. He suggested strongly that I did not press charges because neither had gotten in trouble in the past, providing I had them replace all three hood ornaments. I asked him how many hood ornaments were in the box and he stated "lots" but would not give a number. He also explained that he had to make the same call to the other Mercedes owners. I gave him the models of all three Mercedes, 1972 289SEL 4.5, 1975 240D, 1986 300E and two weeks later the parents & both "kids" came over with three very expensive hood ornaments, purchased from the local Stealership. Both "kids" were trembling. I found out later that the "kids" were 21 & 22 years old - hardly kids at all. I should have looked closer at the license and should have pressed charges. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 5:59 PM To: Banned List; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] my 81 300TD smashed today in hit and run i've spent the afternoon tracking down the cultprits. turns out to be just stupid kids doing stupid things, so it seems i will spare them the wrath of the criminal justice system and left their house with "have your dad call me when gets home" more details to follow later. it has been an interesting afternoon and one pretty consistent with what we were talking about before. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.22.3/1354 - Release Date: 4/1/2008 5:38 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.22.3/1354 - Release Date: 4/1/2008 5:38 AM _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
