Robbery Solved...

Well, Here's an addendum to the story of when Liz and I were held up and robbed.

A few days after we got back we kept on seeing the guy who mugged us walking up and down the street. He kept staring at my house, and even once threw a basketball into the side of my van. I think they call that 'stalking'. We kept calling the cops who took forever to show up, and by that time the guy disappeared.

A few days later Liz was looking out the front window and talking on the phone. The guy was walking down the street. We called the police who actually picked us up. When we got to 44th street the guy was sitting on a stoop. The police arrested him and found some crack in his pants.

We went to the station and found out the guys name and that he lives around the corner.. he also has 5 prior minor drug charges. In Philly, the manditory minimum for armed robbery is 5 years...

It's a sad story. The guy is 22 years old, and has a crack problem. When he held us up and stole my wallet he was probably so high he didn't know what was what... and now he's going to prison..

For some reason though, knowing things go the way they go, I'm sure this isn't the end of the story.

The good news is that the yellow jacketed university city district security guys on bikes are cruising around our part of the neighborhood now. It's a welcome change after we were largely ignored forever...