@Carson I was catching up on this (hilarious) thread on a slow morning and came across the AirBnB gone wrong story. You mentioned cops hate leaving "mysteries" like that unsolved. If you left it unsolved and the homeowners figured it out after the fact, would you appreciate a follow up? How would you do it?
I had a somewhat similar story from a few months back that was unsolved when the police called it quits for the night. I live in an 8-unit condo building in Hoboken and we had a vacant unit in the building that was in the process of foreclosure. The owner was collecting rent from the tenants, not paying his mortgage, taxes, condo fees, etc.
Eventually the guy his act together and got a real estate agent to list the apartment but the agent doesn't have keys to the building, only the apartment. I run into the broker outside the building one night and introduce myself as the HOA "president", swap stories, and a week or two later I end up giving him a key to the building so he can show the apartment but instruct him not to use a lock box. Two days later I get home from work and bam, there's the lock box.
The next night around 9:00 PM, my wife and I are hanging around watching TV and our door knob starts turning and the door is moving a bit. Very strange. I look out the peep-hole and there's two Hoboken PD standing there so I open up and they ask what we're doing and I ask why they would like to know. They peer in and see yuppies in progress and say stay inside and lock your door. I identified myself in my official capacity as the HOA prez and ask whats up. After a bunch of hemming and hawwing on their part the officers state that they received reports from a neighbor that there was someone snooping around the building with a flashlight who called in a potential burglary in progress. I start to get a little concerned but help them get into the basement, show them where roof access is then head out front and see a full 18 officers standing around talking about having the guy on the run.
After they leave, I start to put everything together: a prospective buyer was in the vacant apartment looking around but the power is off and its 9PM so they were using their phone/flashlight to look around. Next day I called the realtor and read him the riot act.
I thought the officers would have appreciated the explanation after the fact but I had no idea how to let them know. What is the best way to provide follow-up info?
Keep the funnies coming, hoping for a good one from Superbowl Sunday.