Saturday, November 1st, 2009 7:30AM
The day after Halloween Night, apparently a major night of partying for most in Gilroy, California, had been one of the typical rainy Gilroy nights.
Early the next morning, I woke to hear rain still falling and thought to myself, "I should get up and move my car". Of course, since it was only 7:30 am, I stayed in bed all warm and cozy.
Then suddenly, from a wonderful drift back to sleep, we hear a rumble and really loud bang emanating from the front of the house. Immediately, I knew some drunken loser had attempted to murder my 1 year and 2 month old beautiful, little car.
My honey and I, both jumped up and ran out the front door. He, in time to see a white Ford pickup backup over the mailbox and drive off. I, to see it backing and hear him yell, "Call 911, it's a white Ford pickup."
I ran to the nearest house phone and called. The 911 operator was wonderful, especially to a blubbering idiot (me) who was pissed as hell at myself for not listening to my intuition and getting up to move my baby, but the real heroes here we're the awesome Gilroy Police Officers that showed up within 30 minutes of the drunken loser leaving the scene.
Not only did they arrive so quickly, but the actually took the time to follow the rim tracks that were left on pavement of the surrounding areas and found him. When they pulled him over, they ended up finding a 2x2 paint chip from the side of my car embedded in the front bumper.
So I would like to Thank Gilroy PD for they're wonderful work and would like to send out a Special Thank you to officers: J. Contreras, Rene Arbizu and their sergeant, Sergeant Robert Locke-Paddon.
My only regret is that I don't know all of the names of all of the officers who helped find the criminal that was driving around completely drunk at 7:30 in the morning. He could of taken a life, not just damaged a car.
P.S. Car is like new thanks to my insurance, another 5 Star review I still need to write. ;-) read more