# Have you ever been the victim of crime? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215 "2015-10-20T04:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DoggyDunnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@DoggyDunnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoggyDunnit)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/41 "2015-10-20T21:25:57Z")
Had my bike stolen in 1999, when I was seven (takes a special kind of asshole to steal from a kid). Last year, left the tail light on my bike while I was volunteering at a local office. Someone swiped it–at 7 PM in February during a frigid, heavy rain shower, no less. Guess the thief really wanted my beat up $10 Wal-Mart tail light. 😛 In 2012, walked out of Family Dollar to see a local meth head forcing my bike lock. Ran him off just in time, too–the final kick before I spooked him broke the lock. In 2011, I was mugged at the Forest/Jupiter DART station in Garland (suburb of Dallas). Thanks to a Good Samaritan calling 911, and the swift, thorough response of Garland PD and the DART police (seven squad cars and thirteen cops total!) they didn’t get very far. Got all my things back. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/42 "2015-10-21T02:38:06Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’ve been molested. Groped. > > When I was younger and naïve I believed it when my landlord said the other tenant, who worked for the landlord, needed keys to my apartment “just in case”. I’m pretty sure he stole some VHSs and stuff but more urgently, some of my underwear. > > I’ve had sexy chemises stolen out of the public Laundromat twice. :eek: > > I can’t remember others. I could see me being one of those people saying no, because you forget the minor things, or you try to forget them. I never reported stuff like that either, though i grew up in a "safe suburban neighborhood in S fla. It;s just that all the degenerates foudn their way south.From the peeping tom peeking in my bedrroom window as a preteen, or the creeps creeping along as you walk home from school to the frequent flashers through out my teens on ten speed bikes, in cars, on the beach, having a vagrant pour handfuls of beachsand in my lap, as I soaked up the sun by myself on a populated beach. Or the clear memory of a suspcious VW beetle following my home on my 1 mile walk from elementary school and the later bulletins about Ted Bundy in Florida or Christopher WIlder who bumper into me literally on the hollywood broadwalk weeks before the Miami grand prix. I remebered these incidents, and more…they seemed so typical and commonplace… the brutal rape of a friends younger sister, her attacker jumping out of the bushes on a sultry summer night, the gun pointed at you in an intersection in a trendy area… it sucked I moved far away. only reported one incident, the guy who followed me home late a tnight and jumped the fence to my backyard. Reported. :mad:nothing gained. My kids don’t know of those brushes with the ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/43 "2015-10-21T02:54:37Z")
Had my apartment burgled while a grad student (a971-2) Had my bike stolen while an assistant professor at Chicago. (1976-7) House burgled in New Haven money and wife’s engagement ring stolen. (1990s). ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/44 "2015-10-21T03:33:10Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I had my backpack and jacket stolen out of my mother’s car when I was in grade school. They also stole her car stereo, and rather amusingly ejected and left her Helen Reddy cassette tape on the seat. 🙂 My sisters’ place was broken into a few years ago, among the stuff stolen was her husbands CD collection (mostly rock, metal etc). All of her CD’s were left behind - I think she was a bit put out at the implied criticism of her taste in music 🙂 I’ve had my car broken into a few times and damaged in failed attempts to steal it. Once my wife accidently left the car door unlocked and the next morning some electronics had been pinched - an old iPod and a handsfee phone kit. The guy across the road had his car torched one night last year, that’s about as exciting as it gets here. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/45 "2015-10-21T07:03:17Z")
I’ve had several bicycles stolen. A new credit card was intercepted in the post. The thief ran up a bill of several thousand pounds. The bank refunded it to me. No idea if they ever found the thief. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/46 "2015-10-21T07:16:05Z")
Assault. Probably a hate crime. Two bikes stolen. Coin bowl stolen. Various things stolen. Calumny. More I’m sure, but that’s a start. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/47 "2015-10-21T10:48:39Z")
Yep. [Just recently, in fact](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770421). I filed a police report on Monday. It will be presented to the county prosecutor tomorrow, and then (I believe) to the Grand Jury after that. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/48 "2015-10-21T11:04:15Z")
Like **Anaamika** and **Annie-XMas** , I had nice undies (silk) stolen from the laundromat when I was in college. Weirdest thing. Also, someone invited into the apartment stole some of my jewelry, including items that were gifts from my stepmother. The roommate at the time knew some pretty dodgy people, so I checked pawn shops for years. :mad: Guy tried to break in to my apartment once while I was inside. It was 1 am. He wasn’t there for tea and scones. Cops got there in time. Yay, OCD sliding glass door security practices! ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/49 "2015-10-21T11:17:39Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > Yeah ,I was a victim of child abuse . Oh yeah, I wonder how many ladies here didn’t even think to mention this one. I don’t know if legally it counts as a crime, when it’s an underage male on a younger girl child though. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/50 "2015-10-21T12:03:30Z")
Break and enter- three times (once when we were at home). Last time was the worst when they destroyed the Crimsafe door and ransacked the place even though sirens were blaring. Snatch and grab when I chased the robber down the street (glad I didn’t catch him as he had three accomplices in the car waiting). ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/51 "2015-10-21T13:37:29Z")
Hmm, let’s see… Surprised a guy in my apartment one time. He got away, but without taking anything of note. Three car break-ins, one in France, the others in Colorado. Two vehicle hit and runs. Caught the guy in one case. Two cases of stolen credit card info. As a kid, discovered my youngest brother was skimming dimes out of a large apothocary jar in which I was collecting them. That one stung. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/52 "2015-10-22T02:19:22Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Like **Anaamika** and **Annie-XMas** , I had nice undies (silk) stolen from the laundromat when I was in college. Weirdest thing. That is one category of stolen property you do NOT want to recover. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/53 "2015-10-22T07:38:22Z")
Had a car window shot out once. Another time I had a cell phone was stolen, but returned a few days later. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/54 "2015-10-22T07:40:15Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > That is one category of stolen property you do NOT want to recover. That reminded me, I had a guy I hooked up with steal my underwear every time we hooked up. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/55 "2015-10-22T14:37:54Z")
Ivylad’s mother was the victim of a drive-by shooting many years ago. She and my FIL were driving, and they had the windows down. Some stupid ass kids were shooting off a bb gun into traffic, and my MIL got hit in the throat. They went to the ER and she was fine and they caught the kids. To my knowledge they were never punished. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/56 "2015-10-22T16:13:41Z")
I’m not even sure how many times anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/57 "2015-10-22T20:48:08Z")
No point in listing, but I have been a crime victim and so have both my daughters several times from petty theft to sexual assaults. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/58 "2015-10-22T21:44:46Z")
Burglaized twice, car broken into once, raped by a stranger in my own home once. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/59 "2015-10-22T23:27:39Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > Yeah ,I was a victim of child abuse . I’m sorry you had to endure that. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215/60 "2015-10-22T23:53:08Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Burglaized twice, car broken into once, raped by a stranger in my own home once. That’s horrible. I hope the rapist got a very long prison sentence. :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-crime/735215.md?page=4)