okay, so as some of you may have read in the "you know you've seen too much svu when..." thread, there is a rapist prowling my 'neighborhood'. we didn't know he was a rapist at first, but my mom found out about it yesterday when she found out who the guy was.

so this guy comes up to peoples' houses and asks if they would like to have their trees trimed back and other yard work stuff done. he goes to houses that are in low traffic areas, and since we practically live in the middle of nowhere that means that he's "working" in our 'neighborhood'. he comes back later and breaks into the house to steal things. and he's a registered sex offender, so he occasionally rapes people too. well, isn't that just lovely.

he went to my aunt and uncle's house one day last week when my uncle was at work. my cousin told my aunt that some creepy looking guy was coming to their door, and my aunt told her to answer it. well, my cousin hadn't known about the whole thing so she called my aunt to the door and told her the man wanted to know if they wanted their yard work done. then the pervert asked her(my aunt) if her husband was home. she was like,"um..he's in the field cutting hay, but he should be back really soon." as soon as he left my aunt took my cousin and showed her how to turn on their house alarm.

my aunt also got the license plate # on his truck and called my step dad, who later discovered that it was a stolen vehicle. somehow or another my mom found out who he is and printed a picture of his mug shot from 3 years ago so she could make copies for all the 'neighbors'. i took the pic to my aunt's house and asked her if that was him, and it was. his name is jose, hence the title of this post.

his pic scares me so bad! when i took it to my aunt's house i had to put it face-down so that i didn't have to look at it while i was driving! and i'm home alone all day with my little sister every weekday, so i freaked out last night and only got 3 hours of sleep. i was scared that while i was asleep something could happen and i wouldn't know, because i sleep like the dead. and my bedroom is downstairs, so if he broke in upstairs he could get to my sister without me even knowing anything was going on. OR, he could break in downstairs and get to me without anyone else knowing. idk, my mom said i shouldn't worry about it too much because he hasn't been on our street, just the ones near it. BUT I'M STILL CREEPED OUT ABOUT IT!!!

so if this guy comes to my door, i'll just say,"no way jose, hit the road!" lol. actually, i'd prolly grab my sis and hide downstairs while calling 911. no way in H-E-L-L would i answer that damn door! NO. WAY (jose, lol). so yeah, that's what's goin' on here in my wonderful little 'neighborhood'.

p.s. i call it my 'neighborhood' because where i live, everyone in the general area is a neighbor. my closest neighbor is like 4-5 acres away from our house.