This post was published more than a few years ago (on 2003-03-05) and may contain inaccurate technical information, outmoded thoughts, or cringe takes. Proceed at your own risk.
Another officer from the Gaithersburg City Police stopped by last night, and showed me some pictures of my missing items, which ended up being:
- my Pioneer stereo,
- a small priority mail box that contained a cell phone I had sold on eBay (or, rather, the contents of said box, which had been discarded at some point along the way),
- a car battery booster pak— being the reason they linked the case to mine, since I had my last name, “BOSZKO” written across some bright yellow tape on it,
- my dark grey winter jacket, which one of the “perps” was wearing overtop his own, thinner jacket, but unfortunately not…
- a plastic bin with lid that contained a large number of bungee cords and those big intensely yellow strap-downs. I’ll certinaly miss those bungees.
The prevailing theory is that my car was broken into somewhere around 2am to 3am, and shortly thereafter, they were caught at a later robbery with my things, and a few other people’s car stereos. Somewhere after that point, a human vulture came along, popped the trunk, and took advantage of the situation. So… looks like I’ll be getting most of that stuff back when I drop by the police station tomorrow afternoon— that would, of course, be after a court appearance for a dispute with my landlord… but that’s another story.