Little long but...oh well
I live in a small town. The area I live in is consisted mostly of early 90's and late 1800's housing that folks have moved into and restored. Down the road however there is a...well ghetto area. Old houses that the owners are letting fall apart and increasing amount of drug sales (Which was brought to my attention further in the story.)
My Mother has lived here for about the last 10 years. It was the sort of Neighborhood where she would leave the key in her brand new car, and all doors of the house unlocked and never had any problems. (However i did get on her case that she needs to lock up the house/car anyways).
Recently She was on the front deck of the house around 9-10pm talking on the phone, and a buddy and myself were on the side of the house talking and such. I hear my mom say "You need to stop right there", in a raised voice. I walk around the house to see 3 teenage/early 20's males in hoodies walking onto the property and asking about their "friend". They had slowed their pace but were still moving forward onto the property as i made it onto the front deck. So I called back to my friend to come to the deck as well, at which point they stopped walking. My friend mentioned seeing their "friend" run down the street, and through our yard. My mom proceeded to tell them to leave and they didnt belong around here. She promptly called the police and they eventually pulled them over and found empty dime bags.
About a week later, the cop came by our house and told us the story of why the kids were around here. Turns out, the kid that ran through the yard, had planned with one of the other 3 kids to steal $1,000 from the other 2 kids who had brought it from a different town with the intentions of buying weed up the road in the ghetto. The next day the 2 kids that got ripped off came to the police station reporting the theft of the money. Now I keep the doors/windows locked and my eye open
