[commish]

The police have been informed of the threat, but we got the standard "we can only do so much, blah blah blah."

But, one of the investigators said that they are actively looking for a reason to pick this punk up, and my wife's ex said that he has noticed a sharp increase in "routine" police patrols in the neighborhood.

Basically, from none to him seeing a cop car cruising the area every hour or so.

[isatoi]

Can only do so much .........WHATEVER!!!!!!!
This so angers me, it is within their powers to do anything and if this kid has a record a mile long, they can pick him up and hold him for 24 hours while they are investigating the crime. What are they gonna wait till something bad happens???? GRRRRRRrrrrrr

Commish, my thoughts and Prayers are with you and your family. Especially your Stepson. May God keep his comforting arms wrapped tightly around him until this is a SOLVED case.

[Alberta's Child]

The police have been informed of the threat, but we got the standard "we can only do so much, blah blah blah."

FWIW, the one time in my life I was once involved in a situation in which a person in law enforcement gave me an answer like this became the one time in my life that I took the law into my own hands.

And I had already made up my mind that if I had been prosecuted for my actions, I would have seen to it that the person who gave me that answer would have wished he were never born.

[Carolinamom]

Can't they extract DNA from those 2 cigarettes? (I'm a fan of New Detectives and Cold Case Files and have seen many cases solved that way.)

[baseballmom]

Prayers for the safety of your stepson.