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So this is really off topic...I'm pretty sure that most neighborhoods have nosy people that feel the need to know everything that is going on and I certainly have one in my neighborhood. Last week a home in my neighborhood was broken into. The people who own the home were on vacation, but somehow the local cops found out the home was broken into. A cop shows up to investigate, and my nosy neighbor can't stand the fact that a cop is in a neighbor's driveway and he doesn't know what is going on. So, the nosy neighbor has to go across the street and ask the cop what is going on. Unfortunately, the cop spill lots of information to the nosy neighbor.
This wasn't a random burglary. The burglary was perpetrated by the owner's daughter's boyfriend who is a convicted felon. According to the cop, he is a known drug user and has a prior conviction for burglary. The daughter knows her parents are on vacation and she told her dirtbag boyfriend where her father kept his guns hidden so he broke in the house and stole the guns. The cop tells the nosy neighbor they know what kind of truck the dirtbag owns and he would like to know if it was seen in the neighborhood during the time they think the burglary occurred. The nosy neighbor volunteers that I have some security cameras on the outside of my house and proceeds to tell the cop my phone number.
So I'm at work every day before 6:00 AM which means I go to bed early during the work week. Prior to 9:00 PM last Monday night when all of this went down with the nosy neighbor and the cop and after he put me in the mix, the nosy neighbor and the cop came to my door. They didn't ring the door bell and none of my four dogs heard anything as we were all in bed. I would assume that if I heard them at my door, both the cop and my nosy neighbor would have wanted to come in right then and there and review the footage from my cameras. The ringer was off on my cell phone so when the cop called me, I didn't hear the call. However, at 9:01, I get a text from my nosy neighbor which says the following:
"The Sherrif's Department wants to talk to you about a break in down the road." So now I'm pissed that because my neighbor is nosy, I'm now involved in the burglary investigation. I call the cops and the cop that wants to talk to me is out on an accident run and they tell me he will call me soon. Now I have to stay awake waiting for the cop to call me. At 10:30 PM the cop calls me and tells me he would like to view the footage from my security cameras the following day. After we get home from work, the cop shows up and spends 2 hours at my house reviewing footage and downloading 2 hours worth of video. I told the cop that since they can't keep this guy in jail and he is a druggie and likes to break into people's houses and steal guns, I really don't want my name involved in their investigation because if this guy finds out I had anything to do with him being incarcerated again I don't want him paying me a visit. And besides that, my cameras go from color in the daylight to black and white at night time. You can barely make out vehicles as they drive up and down the road at night. You can tell a truck from a car and a small car from a big car, but you damn sure can't see who is driving or the license plate. My video footage would be circumstantial evidence at best and probably wouldn't be admissible in court which increases my anger towards my nosy neighbor for getting me involved and wasting my time because he just can't mind his own fu****g business. And besides that, the cop told me that they swabbed the house for DNA and they have the suspect's DNA on record because he is a convicted felon. As far as I'm concerned, this is all a big waste of my time thanks to my nosy neighbor and this is really more of a family problem and not my problem to be involved with.
So not only is Mr. Nosy my neighbor, he also works where I work. The next day after the cop came to visit me to review the footage, the nosy neighbor showed up in my office like I knew he would because of course he is dying to know what the cop saw on my camera. First thing out of his mouth was, "I saw the cops in your driveway yesterday." To which I replied, "Of course you did." And of course I refused to tell him anything because I wanted it to eat his nosy ass up. I also told him I never want to receive a text from a neighbor telling me I need to call the cops because they were nosy and chose to get me involved in some police investigation.
And I don't have much faith that my involvement won't become public knowledge. I was called to jury duty in my town some years ago and it was a drug case. After all of the members of the jury were selected, it was time to break for lunch. When I came back from lunch, I was informed by the rest of the jury members that they had elected me foreman while I was gone. The drug dealer ends up being convicted and I had to stand up in court and read the jury verdict. The local newspaper proceeds to publish my name in the paper as the jury foreman which really made me happy because the guy that was convicted was a bad dude.
This wasn't a random burglary. The burglary was perpetrated by the owner's daughter's boyfriend who is a convicted felon. According to the cop, he is a known drug user and has a prior conviction for burglary. The daughter knows her parents are on vacation and she told her dirtbag boyfriend where her father kept his guns hidden so he broke in the house and stole the guns. The cop tells the nosy neighbor they know what kind of truck the dirtbag owns and he would like to know if it was seen in the neighborhood during the time they think the burglary occurred. The nosy neighbor volunteers that I have some security cameras on the outside of my house and proceeds to tell the cop my phone number.
So I'm at work every day before 6:00 AM which means I go to bed early during the work week. Prior to 9:00 PM last Monday night when all of this went down with the nosy neighbor and the cop and after he put me in the mix, the nosy neighbor and the cop came to my door. They didn't ring the door bell and none of my four dogs heard anything as we were all in bed. I would assume that if I heard them at my door, both the cop and my nosy neighbor would have wanted to come in right then and there and review the footage from my cameras. The ringer was off on my cell phone so when the cop called me, I didn't hear the call. However, at 9:01, I get a text from my nosy neighbor which says the following:
"The Sherrif's Department wants to talk to you about a break in down the road." So now I'm pissed that because my neighbor is nosy, I'm now involved in the burglary investigation. I call the cops and the cop that wants to talk to me is out on an accident run and they tell me he will call me soon. Now I have to stay awake waiting for the cop to call me. At 10:30 PM the cop calls me and tells me he would like to view the footage from my security cameras the following day. After we get home from work, the cop shows up and spends 2 hours at my house reviewing footage and downloading 2 hours worth of video. I told the cop that since they can't keep this guy in jail and he is a druggie and likes to break into people's houses and steal guns, I really don't want my name involved in their investigation because if this guy finds out I had anything to do with him being incarcerated again I don't want him paying me a visit. And besides that, my cameras go from color in the daylight to black and white at night time. You can barely make out vehicles as they drive up and down the road at night. You can tell a truck from a car and a small car from a big car, but you damn sure can't see who is driving or the license plate. My video footage would be circumstantial evidence at best and probably wouldn't be admissible in court which increases my anger towards my nosy neighbor for getting me involved and wasting my time because he just can't mind his own fu****g business. And besides that, the cop told me that they swabbed the house for DNA and they have the suspect's DNA on record because he is a convicted felon. As far as I'm concerned, this is all a big waste of my time thanks to my nosy neighbor and this is really more of a family problem and not my problem to be involved with.
So not only is Mr. Nosy my neighbor, he also works where I work. The next day after the cop came to visit me to review the footage, the nosy neighbor showed up in my office like I knew he would because of course he is dying to know what the cop saw on my camera. First thing out of his mouth was, "I saw the cops in your driveway yesterday." To which I replied, "Of course you did." And of course I refused to tell him anything because I wanted it to eat his nosy ass up. I also told him I never want to receive a text from a neighbor telling me I need to call the cops because they were nosy and chose to get me involved in some police investigation.
And I don't have much faith that my involvement won't become public knowledge. I was called to jury duty in my town some years ago and it was a drug case. After all of the members of the jury were selected, it was time to break for lunch. When I came back from lunch, I was informed by the rest of the jury members that they had elected me foreman while I was gone. The drug dealer ends up being convicted and I had to stand up in court and read the jury verdict. The local newspaper proceeds to publish my name in the paper as the jury foreman which really made me happy because the guy that was convicted was a bad dude.
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