Mount Desert Island in Maine is a hotbed of criminal activity, possibly the most dangerous place I have ever lived. Every Thursday, this weblog will report the most horrific criminal incident from the police log as reported by the Bar Harbor Times.

This week's entry is particularly chilling:

MOUNT DESERT — Police received a report of an ashtray being stolen from a car parked on Main Street in Northeast Harbor on Jan. 26.

I'm still shaking at the thought that that could have been my ashtray, from my car. Someone hold me.