Neighbors perplexed and frustrated by half-car dumped in Princeton Heights
KMOV St. Louis
[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '4.000', 'text': 'Half a car dumped in a South City'}, {'start': '2.080', 'end': '5.759', 'text': "neighborhood. It's a story you saw first"}, {'start': '4.000', 'end': '7.919', 'text': 'right here on four yesterday and now'}, {'start': '5.759', 'end': '9.920', 'text': 'this afternoon. The bizarre find'}, {'start': '7.919', 'end': '11.120', 'text': 'churning up new developments. This'}, {'start': '9.920', 'end': '12.719', 'text': 'happened in the Princeton Heights'}, {'start': '11.120', 'end': '15.560', 'text': 'neighborhood just east of Hampton.'}, {'start': '12.719', 'end': '18.240', 'text': "Here's First Alert 4's Nathan"}, {'start': '15.560', 'end': '20.240', 'text': 'Vickers. You have to wonder what exactly'}, {'start': '18.240', 'end': '22.640', 'text': "happened to this car. It's been cut in"}, {'start': '20.240', 'end': '25.519', 'text': "half and it's full of junk. Neighbors"}, {'start': '22.640', 'end': '27.279', 'text': 'say someone dumped it here on Monday. At'}, {'start': '25.519', 'end': '28.960', 'text': "this point, it's not really a car"}, {'start': '27.279', 'end': '30.160', 'text': "anymore. Be careful when they're"}, {'start': '28.960', 'end': '31.920', 'text': "touching around. And there's glass,"}, {'start': '30.160', 'end': '33.920', 'text': 'everything up in there. Treasure Parsons'}, {'start': '31.920', 'end': '35.760', 'text': 'and her neighbors find it perplexing to'}, {'start': '33.920', 'end': '37.280', 'text': 'have a hunk of metal on wheels just'}, {'start': '35.760', 'end': '38.879', 'text': "sitting on the curb. I don't know why"}, {'start': '37.280', 'end': '40.640', 'text': "it's there, how it got dropped off. It's"}, {'start': '38.879', 'end': '42.480', 'text': 'kind of like mysterious. No one really'}, {'start': '40.640', 'end': '44.879', 'text': 'knows where it came from or how it got'}, {'start': '42.480', 'end': '46.559', 'text': "there. We just don't want more junk in"}, {'start': '44.879', 'end': '48.320', 'text': 'the neighborhood. Neighbors told us this'}, {'start': '46.559', 'end': '50.480', 'text': 'truck had dragged it into an alley on'}, {'start': '48.320', 'end': '52.640', 'text': 'Monday afternoon, leaving them to push'}, {'start': '50.480', 'end': '54.399', 'text': 'it out of the way. I guess somebody drug'}, {'start': '52.640', 'end': '56.239', 'text': 'it out of the alley cuz it was blocking'}, {'start': '54.399', 'end': '58.160', 'text': 'the way and just left it right next to'}, {'start': '56.239', 'end': '59.760', 'text': "my house. They've also called the"}, {'start': '58.160', 'end': '61.600', 'text': 'Citizens Service Bureau and the'}, {'start': '59.760', 'end': '63.440', 'text': "vehicle's tagged for later this week."}, {'start': '61.600', 'end': '64.960', 'text': "It's really unfortunate um especially"}, {'start': '63.440', 'end': '66.960', 'text': 'since our neighbors had to come push it'}, {'start': '64.960', 'end': '68.320', 'text': "out. Um you know, it's tagged for it to"}, {'start': '66.960', 'end': '70.479', 'text': "come be picked up, but it's not picking"}, {'start': '68.320', 'end': '72.720', 'text': 'up not being picked up till Friday. For'}, {'start': '70.479', 'end': '75.280', 'text': "some, it's a frustrating wait. The fact"}, {'start': '72.720', 'end': '76.400', 'text': "that it's been here days is not good."}, {'start': '75.280', 'end': '78.799', 'text': "That shouldn't be sitting there for that"}, {'start': '76.400', 'end': '80.560', 'text': 'long. Could have been sooner probably. I'}, {'start': '78.799', 'end': '82.159', 'text': "don't know. Are they Are they that busy?"}, {'start': '80.560', 'end': '83.840', 'text': 'The city confirmed that the vehicle will'}, {'start': '82.159', 'end': '85.680', 'text': 'be picked up on Friday. And this week,'}, {'start': '83.840', 'end': '87.680', 'text': 'Mayor Cara Spencer acknowledged issues'}, {'start': '85.680', 'end': '89.840', 'text': "with the city's tow lot, including a"}, {'start': '87.680', 'end': '91.600', 'text': 'recent audit that exposed an $80,000'}, {'start': '89.840', 'end': '94.240', 'text': 'cash shortfall in the department in'}, {'start': '91.600', 'end': '96.159', 'text': '2023. I think having a welloiled machine'}, {'start': '94.240', 'end': '98.560', 'text': 'in our tow department is important to'}, {'start': '96.159', 'end': '101.439', 'text': 'the city. Being able to remove derelict'}, {'start': '98.560', 'end': '104.479', 'text': 'vacant vehicles off our streets is vital'}, {'start': '101.439', 'end': '106.799', 'text': 'to public safety. And Parson says'}, {'start': '104.479', 'end': '108.159', 'text': 'improvements are long overdue. There is'}, {'start': '106.799', 'end': '110.560', 'text': 'abandoned vehicles all over, you know,'}, {'start': '108.159', 'end': '112.799', 'text': 'on the the shoulder of the road um in'}, {'start': '110.560', 'end': '114.320', 'text': 'neighborhoods. Hopefully they can make'}, {'start': '112.799', 'end': '117.200', 'text': 'some improvements and you know get some'}, {'start': '114.320', 'end': '118.880', 'text': 'help and get on it. That same audit also'}, {'start': '117.200', 'end': '120.479', 'text': 'found that the tow lot has not been'}, {'start': '118.880', 'end': '122.880', 'text': 'maintaining proper records of its'}, {'start': '120.479', 'end': '126.159', 'text': 'inventory and found a number of missing'}, {'start': '122.880', 'end': '129.799', 'text': 'or unreported tickets. Nathan Vickers,'}, {'start': '126.159', 'end': '129.799', 'text': 'First Alert 4.'}]