Posted on 08/01/2006 11:59:01 AM PDT by Nachum
NORCO, Calif. - Teenagers who toilet-papered and damaged a home now face felony vandalism charges because of a mother's extraordinary sleuthing.
Katja Base, mother of six, was unwilling to let the teens get away with it, saying she tracked them down to teach her kids about accountability.
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Nice going, Mom.
good for her - I did expect the article to say she was a homeschooling mom, we love those real-life lesson opportunities!
What a cool story. Talk about taking matters into your own hands. They should not only have to serve some time, but clean her yard and make a formal apology. She's an excellent role model to her kids!
What an uncool neighbor. No wonder they papered her house.
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CSI effect:
Base persuaded supermarket managers to tally daily toilet-paper buys for the week and a Stater Bros. manager said there was a run on bathroom tissue two days before her home was vandalized.
At 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17, someone bought 144 rolls of toilet paper, cheese, dog food, flour and plastic forks, the same items found on her lawn and house. It was a cash transaction, making it difficult to trace the purchaser, but the store had video surveillance.
The video showed four teenagers making the purchase, one of them wearing a Norco High School letterman's jacket with a name stitched across the back. The store's parking lot surveillance camera showed the truck they were using.
Base then borrowed a Norco High yearbook and used online databases to get the name, phone numbers and addresses of the teens on the store tape.
Show prep material...
"The perps were easy to identify in a lineup because of the toilet paper stuck to the bottom of their shoes!"
Well, It COULD have happened!
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All right, Katja! Outstanding!
sorry about that!
Two years ago our house was TP'd, plus some other stuff (eggs, taco sauce smeared on cars). The idiots left behind the grocery bag with the receipt in it. We contacted the sheriff, and he took us to the store to look at the security tape. Sure enought, it was who we thought it was.
2 blocks from my house, drive by it everyday...there is STILL TP in the trees!
Good for her!
I hope those stupid kids are mortified.
According to the article this lady has daughters, maybe six of them.
Maybe the guys were trying to get the girls' attention. Guys do strange things to get attention from the opposite sex.
Are you serious in your remark? I suppose you would just laugh it off as a kid's prank, especially after seeing the damage to your cars and yard?
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