Oh man that sucks sorry to hear that. Good that it wasn't damage tho and can just be washed away but still sucks. Hate stupid kids that don't give a shit about anyone elses property (hard earned money)
A not so thankful Thanksgiving!
So I park my car across the street from my girlfriend's house and go in to enjoy a lovely Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend. I Have a wonderful meal and just relax for the evening then go to bed. We finally pull myself ourselves out of bed in the afternoon and go out to my car to go to the nearby mall. I get out to my Koup and bam... there are shoe prints starting on the rear bumber, following onto the trunk, onto the roof, and finally onto the hood of my car. 
I AM LIVID!!! I don't even let anyone touch the paint on my car, the doors must be shut by the glass or the handles, and some punk ass kid(s) with no future decided to get drunk and walk on top of 3 or 4 vehicles all parked in a row. I say drunk because there were fresh beer cans littered in the street and I say no future: 1) because they purposely damaged someone elses property, and 2) the beer cans were a generic brand.
Now I know I am stereotyping here, but in this case I am right. It has been a great neighborhood until these hoodlum(s) move in with, who seems to be, his(their) grandma. Since then the cops are in the neighborhood every weekend.
Further evidence was collected by my girlfriend's dad. Just yesterday he pulled up to the house from work and the punk was walking down the street telling his buddy how he walked over all these cars. Telling the story as if he is proud of himself and what he had accomplished.
So today is the weekend again and I am gonna do a stake out. Hopefully I can catch these vandals and their mischief on video and if all really goes to plan I will be able to get the cops there to take care of them. And maybe I can get a new paint job out of it!
I AM LIVID!!! I don't even let anyone touch the paint on my car, the doors must be shut by the glass or the handles, and some punk ass kid(s) with no future decided to get drunk and walk on top of 3 or 4 vehicles all parked in a row. I say drunk because there were fresh beer cans littered in the street and I say no future: 1) because they purposely damaged someone elses property, and 2) the beer cans were a generic brand.Now I know I am stereotyping here, but in this case I am right. It has been a great neighborhood until these hoodlum(s) move in with, who seems to be, his(their) grandma. Since then the cops are in the neighborhood every weekend.
Further evidence was collected by my girlfriend's dad. Just yesterday he pulled up to the house from work and the punk was walking down the street telling his buddy how he walked over all these cars. Telling the story as if he is proud of himself and what he had accomplished.
So today is the weekend again and I am gonna do a stake out. Hopefully I can catch these vandals and their mischief on video and if all really goes to plan I will be able to get the cops there to take care of them. And maybe I can get a new paint job out of it!
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I hate to be the "Debbie downer" here, but in the grand scheme of crime fighting, petty vandalism isn't to high on the list. Not that I'm saying this should be brushed off, but it's just not that big of a deal. Unfortunately, the detective is right. Even if the kid was found to have the same tread on his shoes (which is pretty distinctive from looking at the pictures), their is no way to prove that he didn't just take his shoe off and "walk" it across your car. And if their is no damage, which is doesn't look like there is, there is no crime. It's not illegal to disturb the dirt on someone's car. Is it frowned upon? Yes. Would it piss me off? Absolutely.
All that being said, I think your best bet would be a little street justice. Chances are pretty high the kid doesn't know anything about the law, so if you were to confront him about it he might be afraid you will turn him in. Demand to see his shoes, then happily throw them over the nearest house, or into the thickest thorn bushes around. Is that the adult thing to do? Probably not. Will it make you feel better? I'd bet so! Sometimes you have to fight childish behavior with childish behavior.
All that being said, I think your best bet would be a little street justice. Chances are pretty high the kid doesn't know anything about the law, so if you were to confront him about it he might be afraid you will turn him in. Demand to see his shoes, then happily throw them over the nearest house, or into the thickest thorn bushes around. Is that the adult thing to do? Probably not. Will it make you feel better? I'd bet so!
Sometimes you have to fight childish behavior with childish behavior.
Here are the post-wash photos of the damage.
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No sweat dude. I wish you luck...
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