I’ve had my car vandalized twice now and broken into once in front of my own house now. This wouldn’t be surprising if I lived in a bad neighborhood or if more cars in the area were getting the same things done to them, but it’s not. The vandalisms and the break-in don’t seem related, but who knows.
Either way, long story short, I’m almost positive it’s a bunch of jacka$$es from my high school (I’m a senior in college, mind you) who caused problems with me throughout high school and now just won’t grow up.
All three incidents happened in the very early or early morning and both vandalisms caused damages over 0 (about 0 for the first one, 0 for the second). Now according to Illinois statutes, any criminal damage to property over 0, provided it doesn’t occur on a school or church property, is a class 4 felony offense, punishable with a minimum of 1 year of incarceration and a maximum of 3 years, extendable to 6.
What I’m thinking of doing is putting a surveillance camera in my living room window, pointed out towards the car so I can record any activity that happens at night. Provided the video is good enough quality, could I get a conviction with it fairly easily? How good of quality does the video have to be?
Also, if you know anything about cameras or surveillance equipment, please answer this question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100607010253AAkVu9y&r=w
Thanks.
Good tip Jay. I was actually planning on doing that. First I gotta make the salesman (if I end up buying one) say that it will get a clear picture at that distance. That way, if it doesn’t, I can take it back on the grounds that they told me could do something it couldn’t, there by providing wrongful information on the major point of buying the thing in the first place.