for some reason the feds gave my city a bunch of grant money to buy art sculptures and put them in the crappiest part of town - i guess to try to spruce things up a bit... so far every piece of scrappable metal has been stolen from all of them (couple hundred thousand of our tax dollars well spent right?)
a few months ago i had to chase a truck down my street in my underwear glock in hand because i heard someone taking my canopy swing i had in the front yard - by the time i got outside (maybe 20 seconds later) all i could see was my swing and the tail lights of a truck driving away - never had anything stolen before this and as far as i know i have no enemies so i assume they either really wanted a swing or were gonna scrap it too
also had two guys die of electrocution trying to steal the copper from one of the power stations here in town
thieves definitely suck but karma usually catches up with them