The tale of Round Rock PD case# 07-0817-0012
Jeff, Tom and I had a great call with a customer. Tom was driving us back to our cars and I noticed something unusual- the driver's side door was open and there was someone in it! I jumped out of Tom's car and ran towards my truck. The gentleman in my car was busy searching for additional things to remove. He jumped back into his truck and tried to drive away. His window was open, so I reached inside his truck and tried to turn it off and grab his keys- but I didn't have much luck- so I grabbed his gear selector and tried to rip it off. He was busy fighting me- trying to put it into gear and drive off- for a while, my hand was caught between the gear selector and ignition switch. In the meantime, Tom and Jeff we're calling 911 and reading off the license plate. The miscreant started to beg me to let him go- I politely told him no, though I did ask him to give me my stuff back (OK, I didn't say stuff, but I did say a word that begins with "S"). I may have asked him a couple times- and finally he threw my briefcase out the window. He punched me in the head a few times, and even got his foot up to kick me. He finally was able to crush my hand further and get the truck into gear. Not wanting to hang off his truck as he drove down the highway- I let go, and this bottom-feeder made his escape. Unfortunately, I think my lab-notebook may have been left in the miscreant's truck. As he left- he managed to drive over my briefcase- There's a nice tire-track across it- some of my development tools got a little crushed- the jury is out. I think the laptop is still working (I'm writing this on it)- though my battery caught some damage... a bit crushed on the corner.
The police came after about 15 minutes, took our report... and I left for the emergency clinic to get my hand bandaged, X-rayed, and a tetanus shot. I'm now sitting in my recliner, emotionally and physically drained, with a throbbing hand and a truck with a popped drivers door lock. What a fucking day.
P.S. Not to try an cast a racial stereotype, but like lots of the crime around here, the guy was Hispanic (probably Mexican- dark skinned)
Well, I saw
Not a great picture, but the black blob is a crunched brand new Ford GT- looks like it hit another car- the front end was all crumpled up- it was at the intersection of Loop 360 and Stonelake Blvd, here in Austin.