Emergency, 911

I received this e-mail from a neighbor tonight:

"We had our motorcycle saddlebags riffled through and the jacket, hat etc. tossed out and 1 glove taken. Our neighbor had his bicycle stolen. Both were on Pearl. Detective Sheehan said we should watch for " kids". I asked that the curfew be enforced by the patroling officers."

My first instinct was to feel sympathy. My neighbor was robbed! Then I re-read the email and realized that she had only lost one glove. Logic tells me that she lost that glove somewhere else. Why would any theif have a pair of gloves in their hand and decide to take just one of them? It doesn't make sense. If I had been a "victim" of a stolen glove, I don't think I would broadcast it to hundreds of my neighbors, with the subject line "notice of neighborhood break in". On the other hand, maybe it was a very nice glove. It must've been VERY nice, otherwise why would you send out a neighborhood-wide alert? Until the curfew laws are changed, or enforced better, I'll be on the lookout for a gang of kids (they'll be easy to spot- one of them is wearing one glove!). Who knows what dastardly crimes these kids have in mind- they may be scheming to steal the weeds from my flower garden next!