Today I received an email from Cheshire Lacrosse. Recently, a member of our Club had items stolen from a car during a practice session at Bartlem Park. Please be aware and take measures to either secure your valuables in a locked trunk and/or lock your vehicle.
Immediately I thought hey maybe the kid wasn't kidding when he told the old man he didn't want to practice.
Come on, during practice? There is a definition to petty theft. It reads:
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- insignificant: of little importance
- narrow-minded: narrow-minded in nature
- mean: spiteful in character
Who can be stupid enough to break into a car while practice is in session with about a million Cheshire parents there in attendance? Then again someone might say (not me) who could be stupid enough not to lock your car?
Locking a car isn't about hitting a button. It is about living in a community where you can walk away from your belongings knowing that others have your back. We all want to be a part of this community. We all want to believe that we can leave home and not have to worry about locking our doors. Cheshire is a place that lends you to embrace this concept. Perhaps this is why we are targeted.
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The town needs to instill harsher penalties like making petty thefts do all of your yard-work for the entire year; weeding, dethatching with golf shoes, mowing, removing poison ivy branches, and most importantly shoveling your driveway in the winter. Turn them loose at my house and I can assure you that it would be the end of their petty career. Ask my kids, covering your back can take on a whole new meaning.
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