Last week I was sitting at my desk, pretending to work (I have to keep the staff fooled) when I heard the alarm on our Land Rover go off. It was parked at the curb right in front of the house.
I looked up and saw two kids running away as fast as they could–a split second later I saw two of our staff, Mikey and Rodrigo, chasing them.
One got away, but the other one (he had the car radio in hand) they chased all the way to the Oceanographic Museum (the ugly pinkish building with the Minaret on Rambla) where the thief jumped into the water.
Rodrigo was starting to strip and go in afetr him, when Mikey, suggested tha better part of valor was to wait for the police–that was a good call. No less than 9 cops arrived in minutes, including the SWAT team. They “persuaded” the malefactor to come out of the water and carted him off to the local precinct. Rodrigo and Mikey went along and gave their statements.
But somebody must have been watching US TV–a few hours later, Rodrigo and Mikey had to go back to the police station because the juvenile thief had alleged “police brutality” and his mother was there raising the roof.
Rodrigo and Mikey trekked back for this nonsense, avverred the police acted correctly, and came back to the office–at some point they may have to go in front of a judge in support of the police. As far as I am concerned, the police did a great job and are to be rewared.
Of course, so did Batman and Robin….and they went home with bonuses.
But did the kid jump in with the radio to the car or did he drop the radio?
Great sense of humor. I m enjoying these stories.
So crime is on the upswing. I want to live in some place safe.
I was burglarized 4 times while me & my daughter slept in
Mexico. We still do not know how he climbed the 3rd story balcony?
Can one walk the streets at night without fear? Do you have to bar you windows? Can you leave them open at night?
Safety is important to me. Joanna
Left by joanna on May 21st, 2008