The thief broke the rear passenger window to get a bag that was sitting on the back seat. I suppose he thought the bag may have contained a computer or something. It was the only thing missing, even though I had some of my kayaking gear in the hatch.
I was impressed with the response we got from the Greenville County Sheriff's Office. Once we figured out how to get a hold of them, you can't call 911 for a simple smash and grab, they were here in about 20 minutes. A quick description and a look around and we were told to expect a report in a few days. He asked if we wanted forensics involved but I don't think that would be a good use of the county's time and resources.
Our insurance dealt with it very simply, saying it was essentially just a broken window. They were pretty efficient and organized to have a technician from a local glass shop here tomorrow morning to put a new window in. In the end we didn't make a claim on the $40 MEC satchel and essentially just want to get the window fixed.
The funny thing in all of this is that the perpetrator of this crime is likely less educated than most and is possibly even a high school drop-out. That's funny (or is it ironic?) because the bag he stole contained three mechanical pencils, a calculator, a few pads of paper, and some South Carolina high school SAT study manuals. The bag was my tutoring kit. I use it when going into one of the local high schools to help out 11th and 12th graders get through their HS-SATs.
Here is a look at the damages.
The good news is that none of the windows that have all my stickers in them were broken. I worked hard to get those there and I wouldn't want to have to start all over again!
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