crime.scene.investigator.

Tonight turned out to be quite eventful! John and I were sitting on our front porch tonight when we heard a loud noise... we both looked up, but saw nothing. Moments later, we heard a car moving loudly down the street - looking more closely, we noticed the car was dragging something that was sparking more and more as it drove down the block.

John decides it is their muffler dragging, but I kept telling him that anyone would hear that and would stop. The car makes a turn and then the sound starts getting louder again as they were clearly driving down the street parallel to ours, in our direction. Then, there is a loud bang and it is clear the car has stopped... this is when it gets good. A bunch of neighbors come out of their houses and it turns out a girl's car a couple doors down has been hit badly - we know this because she goes out to check her car for damage and screams "my tires!!!" at the top of her lungs.

Well, now we are interested. So, we put Raleigh on her leash and walk to Brandon's house to see what he and Nate saw/heard... and to see if we should walk over and investigate :)

A cop pulls up as we are chatting on their driveway and I tell him that I believe the car that fled the scene should be directly behind Brandon's house.

We decided we shouldn't leave it up to the cops to figure out this crime... so we began our hunt.... following the marks the car left on the street as it fled. Nate stuck his finger in the fluid left on the street, tasted it, and decided it was brake fluid. We dubbed Raleigh "McGruff the Crime Dog" and followed the trail to a bunch of cops and a very badly damaged mini van parked in the driveway of the house that backs up to Brandon's house - I am a genius! The cops should have stopped and given me a medal of honor or something! Fairway Citizen of the Year!

It was not her muffler. She hit the car on our block, busted her front tire and drove on the rims all the way home.... leaving a white mark on the road from the car she hit straight to her driveway. Brilliant lady. Brandon wished she had run from the cops, noting that the Fairway police probably need some excitement in their lives, but it appeared she was cooperating during her sobriety test.

Best quote of the night - "I hope you have my back if I take a stray bullet." (brandon)

The one night my brother-in-law is not answering dispatch...