THIEF!!!

[Plaidman]

Quoth RoadRanger

In addition to getting the paper from her, I would have at least tried to get her to show me some ID. If she refused, I would have told her it is either that or I call the police.

No. Do not do that. You have no legal right to do that unfortnally. Even if she is some kind of scum piece of shit, she still has the right to be protected sadily. Which means people that only deliver papers can't force her, or really even attempt to get her ID.

[Kristev]

But you can call the cops.

[bhskittykatt]

If I see her again, I will call the cops. I'm hoping she was just randomly passing through, though. It's a pretty affluent neighborhood, and people don't normally wander around there at 4am, so she'd be easy to pick out if she was in the area again.

[blas]

If I were simply a bystander and it wasn't my job to deliver the papers, I'd laugh and do my best to humiliate someone who stole a newspaper. Around here, they are 50 cents daily and $1 on Sundays.

[bhskittykatt]

Customer whose newspaper I rescued gave me a rather nice tip. If they knew what I went through...for that size a tip it's worth it! (Like I said, rather affluent neighborhood, rich people, good tips! )