neighborhood embarassment in myrtletown on the 4th of July

There seems to be a pattern of pet-related crimes around here.

According to the T.V. news, someone's cat was stolen recently-- isn't that bizarre?

The owners live near in or near Myrtletown, pretty close to where the 4th of July crime occured.

Seems like the kind of crime people used to ascribe to 'juvenile delinquents'--I wonder if the perpetrators were the same in both cases.

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Rcanaway, Good to hear from anyone after all the time that has past since the sad incident last July 4th....seems the reward and posters did not bring the person responsible to so called justice. I think the person responsible knows what they did and will be haunted with that shame the rest of their life. Karma in it's purist form.......you didn't say when that cat went missing....but I usually associate missing cats with fireworks .........I'll be advocating much more control over the ever present fund raising sale of so called "legal" fireworks on behalf of little Abby that was killed last July and all the other pets in our neighborhood that are terrorized by fireworks. Thanks again and post often...........

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Hi guys, just wanted to say that I agree that incident was terrible and truly gave Myrtletown a black eye this summer. So sad and sincerely depressing that anyone in this community would commit such a violent act of vandalism right here in our neighborhood streets.

I can handle eggs and traditional pranks. Just this past weekend a car was egged overnight in front of our office, but that's just normal hijinks. Putting fireworks in vehicles or doing any kind of "prank" with fire is too much, and it's sad that we have youths right here in Myrtletown who will go that far.

That said, the day that story broke I wrote a somewhat detailed piece on it from LAX on my way home from a business trip, but it was a bit emotional and I set it aside before posting it to the front page. When I got home and looked again, I decided to toss the piece and wait to see if someone else would mention it. I guess I didn't want to share the sadness and negativity that I felt after learning of that incident. Maybe that wasn't the best choice, I still don't really know. But I do sympathize with the victims and I also hope that the person or people responsible for that crime are aware of the affect it had on the victims and the community, and that they will remember that pain and grow up to be kind and considerate adults.

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