Have been holding my breath about my mom's situation regarding her car, wondering when something else would happen, and today the guy came back again (see previous post). Exhale. One of my brothers, who lives out-of-town, was on the phone with my mom when the crook came to her door and my brother was able to motion to my sister-in-law to call me on the other phone so that I could call 911 locally. I was in line at the grocery store, got out of line, called them and hurried home. In route had two of our older boys rush to my mom's house, but by the time they got there the guy was gone. The police came, took a report and said they couldn't really do anything, which I understand.
When Gary and I got there, our boys and the police were talking with mom. After everyone left, Gary looked under her hood (this is the first free time he's had to go over there) and saw that there was NO new starter---no big surprise there---but what was sickening was that the guy'd cut the wires underneath her car and that was why it wouldn't start. He set her up.
Today when he came, she opened the door to him, thinking his knock sounded like her best friend's. He stayed outside on her carport and she was just inside the door---and fortunately he didn't try to get in. He said his wife had been in a car accident and he needed my mom's credit card. Mom of course told him she couldn't help him and that her children had wanted her to call the police the other day. He walked away muttering that he was sorry she felt that way. Can this nonsense end soon enough?
