Saturday, July 7, 2012

In other news, The Peeper is caught!

So, I guess I haven't really told you guys but there's been a man peeping in our windows for a couple of years. My upstairs neighbors called the police a few times, but they always came outside, saw him, he took off, THEN they called the police. I haven't really stressed about it, except I don't let Liam walk around the house naked. I don't care who sees me, but pedophiles make me sick.

Last Saturday, Tim caught him IN THE ACT. He was coming home from work at 3am, saw the man, turned off his car and called the police - while he WATCHED the guy move from window to window. Den, Liam's room, my room. Tim told the 911 operator that he was worried the guy would run if he saw police, and she told him not to worry about it.

Tim watched while a policeman walked up to the transform box the guy was hiding behind and flashed his flashlight and the guy ran. Tim said two other policemen came out of nowhere and tackled his ass. Cuffed him, took Tim's statement, told him they've been trying for a couple of years to catch this guy, and then gave him a card with Victim's Services stuff on it! We're VICTIMS! Who knew? Apparently I should be more upset about this than I am, but I just can't work myself up to it. Liam sleeps in my room, and my blinds are ALWAYS closed - even during the day - so I don't really see the point of the peeping.

Here's the newspaper article all about it: Peeper. He's still in jail and is not getting out, except to be deported. Good stuff, right? The legal system at work! We tried to find his mug shot, but we haven't been able to so far.

5 comments:

  1. yes, you most certainly should be more upset about this. It's downright creepy, and peepers often graduate to more tangible crimes...in fact, Ted Bundy was a "peeper" before he started raping and killing women.

    Years back when I lived in an apartment complex we had one, and I practically bumped right into him one night when I was taking my trash to the dumpster, he was looking into a neighbors bedroom window. When he saw me, he slowly faded back into the shadows, facing me all the while, till I could no longer see him. The creepy stealth with which he moved and the stare I got chilled me to the bone. I called the police immediately, and the next day knocked on the doors and told everyone who lived on the first floor in my building. Who knows what is going on in the mind of people who do that sort of thing?

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    1. I've actually read that peepers can become obsessed with the people they watch and do bad things. You're totally right that I should be freaked out. I'm confused about why I'm not - I'm a panicky chick. I'm afraid of the dark in my own house, scared to walk through parking lots, nervous about walking paths that go through the woods. I should totally be more upset.

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  2. yes, you most certainly should be more upset about this. It's downright creepy, and peepers often graduate to more tangible crimes...in fact, Ted Bundy was a "peeper" before he started raping and killing women.

    Years back when I lived in an apartment complex we had one, and I practically bumped right into him one night when I was taking my trash to the dumpster, he was looking into a neighbors bedroom window. When he saw me, he slowly faded back into the shadows, facing me all the while, till I could no longer see him. The creepy stealth with which he moved and the stare I got chilled me to the bone. I called the police immediately, and the next day knocked on the doors and told everyone who lived on the first floor in my building. Who knows what is going on in the mind of people who do that sort of thing?

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  3. Wow, crazy and REALLY CREEPY. I'm glad you feel okay about it. I would be sooo freaked out. Thank goodness he won't be peeping anymore!

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  4. I'm glad they caught the guy, I'm glad you aren't to upset by it, but yes you are victims as what he was doing was a crime, like I said glad you aren't to upset and he's been caught though.

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