I just emailed the Macon Police Department about the situation, they provide a form on their website that I filled out with my phone number and email address. Maybe they'll call me back and work with me.
My apartment house is on a corner lot. Due to that we also have a problem with people "cutting through" the yard and parking lot, using it as a shortcut. Don't you hate it when people do that?
Jourles, you asked about me leaving my doors unlocked. Well at this point I can't lock the doors. I need to replace the latch mechanism and window regulator in the driver's side door. But even were the locks functional, I'd still think twice about locking it because I don't want to have to replace a busted-out window.
I've posted about the car before. It's a '79 Camaro that I'm in the process of fixing up even as I use it as a daily driver. The car itself doesn't exactly advertise to theives that there's anything valuable inside. It's old-looking. The original awful green paint job is faded and cracking and there's a few rust spots. Add to that the fact that I'm currently doing body work and right now it looks even worse with the bondo and primer.
I'm not too worried about it being stolen. Like I said, on my "to-do" list are some anti-theft measures that will make it pretty secure. The only other thing I need to do is find a way to lock the hood down. On older cars like this one, the hood latch is on the outside of the car not under the dash. Were they to decide to, right now they could pop the hood and cost me a lot of money. They could steal the battery. They could take the $200 Edelbrock carb. Or the $60 Accel HEI super-coil. Yes, that does happen.
Someone else suggested a surveillance camera. I'm thinking about that as well. I've used a video camera in the past to catch some little punks that were throwing rocks thru my windows where I used to live. The Jones County Sheriff's deputy almost hugged me when I called them to report the vandalism then invited him inside to watch the tape.
Mike.