Sometimes I chance upon one of those small community papers, you know the ones they set outside supermarkets and along the street in those free newspaper displays, and I usually read the police blotter. The police blotter reports all the little happenings going on within the community that require calls to the police -- such as domestic disturbances, burglaries and the like. Today, I ran across a "Grand Theft" in the police blotter. A Toyota Sienna minivan was broken into before 9am, and what was stolen was a laptop worth $2,000, a $400 DVD Player and 2 Cellphones. Perhaps it was the way the story was written, or perhaps it was my inner cynic getting out, but I thought the story sounded a lot like insurance fraud material.
My reasoning for suspicion is in the two cellphones that were stolen. Most people I know carry their cellphones with them all the time, either in their hands, pockets or purses. And while it might be an occassional day where you leave your cell phone in your vehicle, it's not often that you leave 2 cell phones in your vehicle, and certainly not two cellphones in a vehicle overnight. You also don't tend to leave $2,000 computers or $400 DVD players in your vehicle overnight either.
Then again, it could just be an unfortunate event.
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