League City: Mugging on the road East Bay Area Blvd

[seamusTX]

In oh-so-safe League City, a teenage drive was reportedly robbed in the 5300 block of Carefree Drive near East Bay Area Boulevard about midnight Thursday. The alleged robber jumped in the back seat and threatened the driver. He fled on foot with items of little value.

The robber is described as "Hispanic and of average height and build."

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Those newfangled door locks would have come in handy

- Jim

[TLynnHughes]

I dunno...my BSmeter is going off. Sounds like the teenage driver was out past his/her curfew and lost his cell phone. "Mom/Dad, I swear. I was almost home and this guy jumped in the car and demanded all my stuff."

T.

[seamusTX]

I have to admit a similar thought crossed my mind. That just doesn't look like the kind of area where muggers hide in the bushes.

A determined robber would have taken the driver's wallet and cell phone, at least. Maybe the entire vehicle.

- Jim

[DONT TREAD ON ME]

True, however not to long ago my dad's truck was broken into. The thugs stole some very minor objects and his fishing pole in the back seat.

As the were leaving the driveway they dropped the fishing pole in our yard Why bother to take it out of the truck? Of course we are talking about thugs who break into people's vehicles

Funny thing is that they left all the change that he had in the cup holder. It was ALL quarters and roughly $10-$15 worth .

He lives in a very small community in Missouri and didn't think he needed to lock his truck Needless to say he does now and takes the change in the house with him.

[seamusTX]

IMO, what you described is typical of younger kids on a thrill-seeking spree. They might hope to "hit the jackpot" in terms of finding a gun or some expensive electronics.

We had a wave a burglaries maybe 12 years ago. Our next-door neighbors had a large potted plant stolen from their front porch inside a locked fence. The cops caught the thief—an adult male that they knew as a chronic offender—carrying the plant a few blocks away.

- Jim

[DONT TREAD ON ME]

I am certain that they were younger kids as they broke into many vehicles along the street. A vehicle would have been noticed creeping along in that area so I am sure that they were on foot. One reason the probably dropped the pole.