That's terrible!! I'm glad you're okay. Take care.
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I was robbed last night!
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Thanks you all
I have been feeling better from it. I still feel it bad when I press my hand against it, but it's much better.
I've been feeling lately in the sense of constantly thinking "If I had done this or that" but the truth is that nothing can be done by now. But today I am resuming with my studies and try to do everything as normal. Can't become some hermit because of this.
Brandon, I hope you don't mind if I differ a bit when you say sounds like fun
Vicky says she would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when that guy figured out that there wasn't a single cent. Guess I share her feelings.
I have been feeling better from it. I still feel it bad when I press my hand against it, but it's much better.
I've been feeling lately in the sense of constantly thinking "If I had done this or that" but the truth is that nothing can be done by now. But today I am resuming with my studies and try to do everything as normal. Can't become some hermit because of this.
Brandon, I hope you don't mind if I differ a bit when you say sounds like fun
Vicky says she would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when that guy figured out that there wasn't a single cent. Guess I share her feelings.
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I have just received what is easily the strangest phone call in my life so far.
We received a phone call while I was doing my homework and my mom picked it up. After a few seconds she came to me with the cordless saying that someone in the police wanted to speak to me.
It was a detective in the state police.... he asked me if I had been the victim of a robbery on sunday night and I said yes. He told me that they had found a wallet with a SS and ATM cards that had my name on it.. he even told me the SS number which I recognized. They had done some kind of operation in a public residential which is not far from here because of a drug sale operation (I had even seen about it in the noon news)... and they had not only found drugs and drug dealers... but among stuff they had found that wallet and when they fingerprinted it along with everything else they found fingerprints of two people who had been arrested as part of the other operation, plus a third set of fingerprints which he says might be my own. When they found those cards in it, he decided to do a search for any police reports of that with my name and got my filing in the municipal police. He said he even has a copy of it already.
I asked him why on earth would a common thief like that keep a wallet that did not have a single cent in it, and did not have anything of use to them. He said that it would be very naïve to say that those two cards are of no use to a thief as with a SS card an identity theft becomes a snap, since nowadays SS numbers are used as someking of National Identity Number. He said that the drug operation was pretty big, so it would not be of much surprise if they would find that other use to it.
He said he wanted me to be at the state police HQ for Caguas tomorrow morning to see if I could identify any of those two people and that they would also question them about the affair and any kind of testimony. I asked him if he preffered me there right now but he said that they are right now having up to the neck with the drug thing and they've got dozens of arrestees and a mess there so it would be best to take it tomorrow morning. I agreed to be there.
What do you think? This feels worser by the minute... And I feel that this is getting worser by the minute.... Identity theft.... this is getting scarier and has me in a worser state of mind
Vicky says she wants to go with me... even though it means her not going to school tomorrow.
We received a phone call while I was doing my homework and my mom picked it up. After a few seconds she came to me with the cordless saying that someone in the police wanted to speak to me.
It was a detective in the state police.... he asked me if I had been the victim of a robbery on sunday night and I said yes. He told me that they had found a wallet with a SS and ATM cards that had my name on it.. he even told me the SS number which I recognized. They had done some kind of operation in a public residential which is not far from here because of a drug sale operation (I had even seen about it in the noon news)... and they had not only found drugs and drug dealers... but among stuff they had found that wallet and when they fingerprinted it along with everything else they found fingerprints of two people who had been arrested as part of the other operation, plus a third set of fingerprints which he says might be my own. When they found those cards in it, he decided to do a search for any police reports of that with my name and got my filing in the municipal police. He said he even has a copy of it already.
I asked him why on earth would a common thief like that keep a wallet that did not have a single cent in it, and did not have anything of use to them. He said that it would be very naïve to say that those two cards are of no use to a thief as with a SS card an identity theft becomes a snap, since nowadays SS numbers are used as someking of National Identity Number. He said that the drug operation was pretty big, so it would not be of much surprise if they would find that other use to it.
He said he wanted me to be at the state police HQ for Caguas tomorrow morning to see if I could identify any of those two people and that they would also question them about the affair and any kind of testimony. I asked him if he preffered me there right now but he said that they are right now having up to the neck with the drug thing and they've got dozens of arrestees and a mess there so it would be best to take it tomorrow morning. I agreed to be there.
What do you think? This feels worser by the minute... And I feel that this is getting worser by the minute.... Identity theft.... this is getting scarier and has me in a worser state of mind
Oh wow that's really complicated!
But from what I understand, if they have the person who attacked/robbed you, then maybe that's a good thing. Then this person won't do any more harm to you or anyone else. Or at least until he's in jail.
Well I hope that everything goes well tomorrow! Let us know what happens.
But from what I understand, if they have the person who attacked/robbed you, then maybe that's a good thing. Then this person won't do any more harm to you or anyone else. Or at least until he's in jail.
Well I hope that everything goes well tomorrow! Let us know what happens.
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Ok... here's what happened. I just came from there and I am really dead tired so forgive me if my redaction skills went down the toilet.
I went there with my parents and Vicky who insisted in going with me. I asked for that detective and they brought him to me... the best way to describe the guy is that he could have walked right out of an American murder tv series.... He brought me to an office and told me that they had waited till everyone else was brought to the judge so bail could be set and such, to bring them again for questioning on the other subject. You can imagine how they must have been already thinking the worse that can happen to them with the police has happened. Well there's more for them. He told me that one of the things he wanted was to nail them at everything he could find... kind of an isurance if the drug case goes haywire.
He asked me to see their mug shots and I went to it.... I saw in one of the photos the precise face I had seen the other night in mid darkness. It felt like some kind of Deja Vù. I affirmed that it was him. And he asked me if I was willing to see the questioning through a one way glass, which I said yes. He asked me if I had a photo of me... which I said no. He said he needed a photo so he could ask the person if he recognized me, so if I did not mind he could take a pic with an instant photo polaroid they have for evidence. I said yes.
When I saw the guy I remembered it almost like it had just happened. He was denying it completely... I saw that he went and showed him that photo and asked if he had seen that person. That man seems to have gotten dead white before he could deny it. He was then told that his fingerprints were found in the stolen wallet... in his own apartment.
He looked gravely and said "I better explain this"... he confessed it all... but when asked why he did it he said he simply "needed money"... I think I could have strangled the guy when he said that for my blood really boiled. He explained that he got scared when he saw me falling to the floor and simply ran till he dropped and didn't found out of the lack of money till he was in his home.
He's making a confession about it, which saves us a lot of trouble.
At least I can say it's over. At least I hope so. This past few days have felt like a rollercoaster.
I went there with my parents and Vicky who insisted in going with me. I asked for that detective and they brought him to me... the best way to describe the guy is that he could have walked right out of an American murder tv series.... He brought me to an office and told me that they had waited till everyone else was brought to the judge so bail could be set and such, to bring them again for questioning on the other subject. You can imagine how they must have been already thinking the worse that can happen to them with the police has happened. Well there's more for them. He told me that one of the things he wanted was to nail them at everything he could find... kind of an isurance if the drug case goes haywire.
He asked me to see their mug shots and I went to it.... I saw in one of the photos the precise face I had seen the other night in mid darkness. It felt like some kind of Deja Vù. I affirmed that it was him. And he asked me if I was willing to see the questioning through a one way glass, which I said yes. He asked me if I had a photo of me... which I said no. He said he needed a photo so he could ask the person if he recognized me, so if I did not mind he could take a pic with an instant photo polaroid they have for evidence. I said yes.
When I saw the guy I remembered it almost like it had just happened. He was denying it completely... I saw that he went and showed him that photo and asked if he had seen that person. That man seems to have gotten dead white before he could deny it. He was then told that his fingerprints were found in the stolen wallet... in his own apartment.
He looked gravely and said "I better explain this"... he confessed it all... but when asked why he did it he said he simply "needed money"... I think I could have strangled the guy when he said that for my blood really boiled. He explained that he got scared when he saw me falling to the floor and simply ran till he dropped and didn't found out of the lack of money till he was in his home.
He's making a confession about it, which saves us a lot of trouble.
At least I can say it's over. At least I hope so. This past few days have felt like a rollercoaster.
Hey Victor, I just read your thread and now I have a question that I'm just dying to ask. WHY did you need to read a sign before you knew where the police department was located? Aren't you familiar with your neighborhood? You know, it really isn't safe to wander around strange places in the dark.
I agree with Lorie. I thought it was dangerous to be wandering alone at night. And the thing that baffles me is, I recall that you were online quite a lot that day that you said you were robbed. Were you in two places at once? You have quite the imagination.
Victor -
I'm so glad they caught the creep that did this to you, but don't be surprised if you're in shock for a while. Hope your head feels better, still have a bump? Maybe you should have seen a doctor?
These things can happen anywhere, even in the best of neighborhoods. If there's one thing I've learned from living most of my life in NY, it's never go out at night by yourself.
I'm glad you have support from family and friends, and I hope this nightmare is over soon for you.
Will you have to go to court to testify?
Take good care of yourself,
Jill and Candy
I'm so glad they caught the creep that did this to you, but don't be surprised if you're in shock for a while. Hope your head feels better, still have a bump? Maybe you should have seen a doctor?
These things can happen anywhere, even in the best of neighborhoods. If there's one thing I've learned from living most of my life in NY, it's never go out at night by yourself.
I'm glad you have support from family and friends, and I hope this nightmare is over soon for you.
Will you have to go to court to testify?
Take good care of yourself,
Jill and Candy
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I can't tell what's worse.... if to have gone through that or after having gone through it, there are people that think you are lying.
Kellye: I was up online until late... but after I disconnected I then went outside. I had turned off the computer with the precise idea of going there to that neighbor's house.
Lorie: I walk by that street sign virtually every day, and I have walked past that police station several times, if you wish I can quote you by memory the words in that sign. I did not need to read the sign to learn about the station's existence, but I guess reading it gave me an idea of what should I do.
Although I shall confess I am not familiar with certain areas of my own neighborhood.... I've lived here since 1998 and I am still learning things or places in it every now and then. Guess that made it even more dangerous.
Kellye: I was up online until late... but after I disconnected I then went outside. I had turned off the computer with the precise idea of going there to that neighbor's house.
Lorie: I walk by that street sign virtually every day, and I have walked past that police station several times, if you wish I can quote you by memory the words in that sign. I did not need to read the sign to learn about the station's existence, but I guess reading it gave me an idea of what should I do.
Although I shall confess I am not familiar with certain areas of my own neighborhood.... I've lived here since 1998 and I am still learning things or places in it every now and then. Guess that made it even more dangerous.
