Detective Mom!

[Parlez]

NORCO, Calif. (AP) -- Teenagers who toilet-papered and damaged a home now face felony vandalism charges because of a mother's extraordinary sleuthing.

Katja Base, mother of six, was unwilling to let the teens get away with it, saying she tracked them down to teach her kids about accountability.

Base awoke one February morning to find her front lawn strewn in white two-ply toilet paper. She and husband Ken also found damaged landscaping and light fixtures as well as ruined finishes on two cars.

Dog food and flour also covered the lawn.

Realizing the sheriff's department has better things to do than track down teen pranksters, Katja Base decided to do some detective work.

"There needs to be accountability," she said. "Mainly, I pursued this as a lesson for my daughters. I don't want them to ever come to me and ask why I didn't do anything about this."

Base persuaded supermarket managers to tally daily toilet-paper buys for the week and a Stater Bros. manager said there was a run on bathroom tissue two days before her home was vandalized.

At 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17, someone bought 144 rolls of toilet paper, cheese, dog food, flour and plastic forks, the same items found on her lawn and house. It was a cash transaction, making it difficult to trace the purchaser, but the store had video surveillance.

The video showed four teenagers making the purchase, one of them wearing a Norco High School letterman's jacket with a name stitched across the back. The store's parking lot surveillance camera showed the truck they were using.

Base then borrowed a Norco High yearbook and used online databases to get the name, phone numbers and addresses of the teens on the store tape.

"Her work was instrumental in helping us to identify the suspects," said Lt. Ross Cooper of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

The information was eventually sent to the district attorney's office and prosecutors confirmed that about six youths were now facing vandalism charges. However, they would not release details of the case or names of the defendants because they are juveniles.

The maximum penalty for the adult would be three years in prison; the juveniles could face probation and restitution, district attorney's office spokeswoman Ingrid Wyatt said.

Source:http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...GE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-07-31-17-55-00

Talk about dedication!

 

[hungryduck]

geese....what ever happened to "boys will be boys"? Although I guess they did ruin stuff.....

 

[Fat Tony!]

Excellent, well played.

 

[theotherguy]

although thats kind of creepy, the kids deserved it. It's really inconsiderate to vandalize people's homes, and they should be punished for it. My parents have a policy that they will let people toilet paper our house only if they clean it up themselves afterwards. If they don't, then we contact the police.

 

[Que-Ever]

I thought it was "defective mum". Like she was broken or something. Although this is about x10 cooler.

 

[Adidajs]

i've tp'ed in my youth. nothing wrong with toilet paper alone, but destruction of property is criminal.

just desserts.

 

[MorganFreeman911]

That is one kick ass super mom!

 

[Absinthe]

If that were my mother, I'd punch her in the face and sodomize her.

 

[Idonno >_<]

Man...that mom rocks. And I am sure that she would not have cared so much if it was just TP....but to ruin her stuff. Thats not cool. Those boys deserved what they got.

 

[tehsolace]

144 toilet paper rolls... thats pretty excessive. I remember when I TP'ed one of my friend's houses and we just used about 20 rolls. and we definately didn't damage anything... thats beyond a prank.

 

[Ennui]

If that were my mother, I'd punch her in the face and sodomize her.

^

 

[Slacker]

If that were my mother, I'd punch her in the face and sodomize her.

Sans that last part...yah...

 

[Hectic Glenn]

^

Really? You filthy swine.

 

[MiccyNarc]

Go her.

 

[Parlez]

If that were my mother, I'd punch her in the face and sodomize her.

ROFL!

144 toilet paper rolls... thats pretty excessive. I remember when I TP'ed one of my friend's houses and we just used about 20 rolls. and we definately didn't damage anything... thats beyond a prank.

I agree. You would think that the clerk would think something was up as soon as teenage kids bring 144 rolls of Tp up to the counter but anyway.....

I thought it was "defective mum". Like she was broken or something. Although this is about x10 cooler

 

[Tr0n]

Seems like OT is getting a big exodus of noobs.

 

[Parlez]

Seems like OT is getting a big exodus of noobs.

OT? Sorry something really obvious would be so complicated for me right now

 

[Ennui]

Really? You filthy swine.

dude, Absinthe's mom is hawt

 

[Tr0n]

Milf!

 

[Parlez]

dude, Absinthes's mom is hawt

ROFL! I am sad. 1,000 posts! I AM SO ASHAMED OF MYSELF!

 

[nofx]

ROFL!



I agree. You would think that the clerk would think something was up as soon as teenage kids bring 144 rolls of Tp up to the counter but anyway.....

well the clerk couldnt refuse service or their would be a big story about how a supermarket refused to give service and eventually the supermarket would get sued and everyone fired..

i guess this proves if you want something done right, you should do it yourself. alot of people would have been like oh well

im guessing norco is a small town or else she would have had a hella hard time finding where the boys got the supplies. or it couldve been luck

 

[Krynn72]

Im almost at 1000 posts... I will be ashamed also when i hit that mark. Although, I have been here way longer than you.

And yeah, I didnt know civilians could get that kind of information... especially a video.

 

[Parlez]

well the clerk couldnt refuse service or their would be a big story about how a supermarket refused to give service and eventually the supermarket would get sued and everyone fired..

i guess this proves if you want something done right, you should do it yourself. alot of people would have been like oh well

im guessing norco is a small town or else she would have had a hella hard time finding where the boys got the supplies. or it couldve been luck

True then they would have Tpd the supermarket!

I didnt know civilians could get that kind of information... especially a video

Like nofx said it must be a small town.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

You don't ****ing touch somebody's car what are they 13? That's ass beating worthy right there alone.

 

[Steven]

Im almost at 1000 posts... I will be ashamed also when i hit that mark. Although, I have been here way longer than you.

And yeah, I didnt know civilians could get that kind of information... especially a video.

 

[Parlez]

 

[Krynn72]