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Updated Saturday, March 13, 2010 1:39 PM
Distruction of property not a victimless crime
On a recent Sunday night, I was watching TV in the living room and my husband was in the office. There were five or six very loud pops.
I ran into the office and said there was someone at the front door. Upon checking, there was no one there. The next morning we discovered there were six holes in our bedroom window, apparently from a pellet gun or BB gun. This is a very large double window with a large arch over the window. Now it will have to be replaced at our expense.
We are in our late 70s and relatively new to Sherman. We moved here to be closer to relatives and chose Sherman over Denison or Durant.
The Sherman Police Department tells us this is not an uncommon occurrence here. How sad that someone has to destroy someone else's property just for the fun of it, I suppose. Why else would this type thing happen?
If the person(s) responsible should read this, please think about it before you do something like this again. It is such a waste and causes a lot of expense and grief. Is it really worth it to you?
Pat Gayle
Sherman
 Comments ... 2 found!
common trash : 3/20/2010
I am sorry to read that you have had a problem with the thugs in your town, I do know for a fact it's NOT my great nephew. He's in jail waiting for his sentencing for his great contributions to society as well as a house full of others. I hope they do get theirs sooner rather than latter. Curfews should be laws and enforced by punishing the parents for slack behavior when they are running the streets just looking to destroy property for entertainment. Why does a kid need a bb gun to begin with is beyond me. Let them inlist in the real WAR fare when of age and go shoot at something that can shoot back.
Henry G
Common Occurence : 3/13/2010
Hi Pat, sorry you have joined the club. They like to take out car windows too. But I can assure you that the people who do this, probably can't read and most certainly don't. But they do like to drive around and make a lot of noise. Personally I'm gonna move my household and my tax dollars as soon as my last kid is out of school.
Future former-Shermanite
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