thieves suck

[BeachbumAggie]

I came home from dinner with my hubby and friends to find our front door knocked in and our house robbed-again. We are in the midst of switching alarm monitoring companies so no police response to our alarm but it did seem to scare the robbers off as they only took our big tv in the living room and laptop and camera bag with it's digital video camera, digital camera and brand new never used underwater digital video camera as well as our ipod bag with 2 ipods and an itouch. Officer felt like there were 2 of them-one to work on tv in the living room and the other ran into our study and grabbed our electronics bags.

This is our 2nd robbery in just over 4 years-last time they cleaned us out-no alarm back then and they were clearly in our house for a pretty good while as they went through all of our drawers, closets and such-didn't do that this time. Last time they took all of my heirloom jewelry as well as hubby's deceased father's wedding ring and other sentimental items. This time at least it was all easily replaceable except for some pictures saved to the laptop that hubby hadn't backed up.

Officer recommended leaving on a radio or tv when not home-that's what he does. He said he has a video camera pointed at his front door and an unmonitored alarm system as well.

I just needed to vent a bit-thanks and be safe ya'll because there are some real @$$holes out there.

 

[Rita]

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I am really sorry to hear this BbA!..:angry:
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Do you have a dog? We always hope that if any potential burglars are "casing our home out" that the barking of our dog will make them decide otherwise....
But she would only bark if they rang the doorbell (not likely to happen). If they could just walked in I'm afraid she might not do anything.

I hope police can retrieve your property. It would be hard to feel safe after being violated like this.


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[Carol G]

Hugs to you, that sucks. ::

Don't lose hope, the police may recover your things, you never know... good luck either way!

 

[Minnie]

I am so sorry to hear that, it really is a horrible experience. I am just so glad you were not at home.

 

[RiverOtter]

That stinks! You should call the Trunk Monkey folks and see of they have a "Home Edition".

 

[GoodWitch58]

I am sorry this happened to you again--I know how it feels, had the same thing happen and many irreplaceable things taken.
I was fortunate though to have a tenacious detective working the case: six months later, he found the thief and recovered some of the more personal things--the story of how he tracked the guy down and recovered my things amazed me...
the LEOs were able to put the guy away again for a long time because he used a gun in the latest robbery.
Here's hoping you get the personal things back.

 

[Beach Runner]

So sorry this happened to you again, BeachbumAggie.

What's so frustrating is that even if one has a monitored alarm system, by the time the police get there, all they can do is file a police report. The police didn't even take fingerprints after our home invasion, even though I asked them to.

Our perps got caught. They had robbed about 25 houses, and most of the items were in their house and were returned to the owners. Hopefully you will get your possessions back.

 

[BeachbumAggie]

They didn't dust for prints this time either. They stole everything sentimental in our first robbery so this wasn't wasn't as upsetting in that way-electronics can be replaced. This time I'm just disappointed in people. I've spent most of my adult career investigating abuse, neglect and exploitation of the elderly and disabled adults of Texas and providing social services to those in need; this is just a bad reminder of how my clients often feel.

 

[DuneAHH]

So sorry you've had to endure this... not once but twice.

 

[scooterbug44]

Thieves do suck! :angry:

If you have the space, I would recommend getting a home safe that is either too big or too attached to the house for them to move.

Hope they catch them, but I know it doesn't keep you from feeling violated.