Reason #650 Why I Am Glad That I Am Only A Teenager For 6 More Days

This coming Wednesday I will forever have gotten rid of the moniker that so many people in society look down upon. Yep, it's that dreaded "T" word that ends in "eenagers" and they are up to their old tricks again. This time it's stealing a large aluminum #8 statue outside of Camden Yards built in commemoration of Cal Ripken, Jr. Seriously. Via CBS 13 WJZ

A large aluminum No. 8 that commemorates Cal Ripken's career was stolen from outside Camden Yards Tuesday night.

Police say the crime was caught on surveillance cameras.

Adam May reports the video helped lead police to the culprits.

The retired numbers in front of Camden Yards are very popular with fans.
They include Brooks Robinson's 5, Jim Palmer's 22 and Eddie Murray's 33.

The most popular with many fans is Cal Ripken, but his 8 was stolen and vandalized.

"I looked over, noticed something was wrong and said, 'Oh my goodness, they stole the number,'" said John Ziemann, deputy director of Sports Legends Museum.

Ripken's 8, unveiled in 2001, was taken and ripped apart with only the bottom sheet of aluminum left.

"We had two witnesses observe four white males take the statue from Camden Yards and drive off," said Baltimore City Police spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi.

It turned out to be an easy case for police.

Less than an hour after the witnesses came forward, police stumbled upon the statue on East Lombard St. when they were responding to a group of intoxicated men acting disorderly.

"Very plain view, sitting in the back of a pick-up truck. Case closed," said Guglielmi.

The suspects were identified as Gary Parker, 19, of Baltimore; Matthew Rayner, 19, of Chase; Patrick Reynolds, 18, of Middle River; and Jason Stoneberner, 19, of Essex.

Incredible idiocy. Those 4 drunken douche bags deserve to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. And I mean, really, no one is going to notice that a large #8 commemorating Cal Ripken, Jr is gone. And did they really think that no one would see them and if they did, to just keep quite and "cover" for them? Ugh.

And yes, I am aware that not all teenagers are complete douchenozzles and yes, I am aware that some 20+ people are total asswipes, but because of people like this (and there are a lot of them out there), teenagers get a bad rep. The sooner I distance myself from that moniker, the better. This Wednesday can't come soon enough....

(Hap tip to kt1000 for the tip)