Alternative headline: “Somebody really, really, really, really, really, really, wants to go to jail so bad!” I mean, free meals, free bed, group showers. Hey, it beats living in the streets. The complimentary forced anal sex might be a bit rough, but you take the good with the bad. 😆 😀 😛 😯
If you cannot be safe in the parking lot of Rikers Island, America is in some deep trouble and we are seriously screwed. 🙄
From a thief’s point of view, the place had a lot of potential.
It was big, with lots of room to work. Rows and rows of cars that almost certainly contained valuables left behind by their owners, more so than on a normal city street. What was more, the cars were almost guaranteed to be unattended for at least two or three hours while the owners were away.
The location’s only drawback: it was the parking lot for visitors to Rikers Island. At the other end of a long bridge sat the huge jail complex that held the inmates these drivers were visiting. That must deter many potential thieves.
But not all.
It was Oct. 7, a Sunday, typically a busy day when family members who cannot come on a weekday find time to visit.
One of them was Ailsa Williams, 39. She was going to see her son, whose name and crime she declined to share in an interview. She had been visiting for months and was prepared for the long day ahead, beginning with this parking lot.
“There aren’t enough spots,” Ms. Williams said. “The ones that are there aren’t outlined properly.” The lot is irregularly shaped, sort of a triangle. The broad end is occupied by an administrative office in a trailer. Below it are narrowing rows of parking spots, ending in the tip, where she found a spot.
She did something no right-thinking New Yorker would normally do elsewhere. She left all her things in the car.
via Unlikely Spot for a Break-In – The Rikers Parking Lot – NYTimes.com.
I hate to might like someone else’s misfortune; but some things are just too funny to pass up. 😀