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07-15-2013, 05:20 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire
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| House & Car Break Ins in my neighborhood! OMG.... I'm sooo frustrated! The house diagonally across the street from us was broken into Saturday between 12 & 8pm. The cops went around to all the other houses on the road to ask if they saw anything and tell them they will be patrolling more closely this area for awhile. We were not home, so the cops came to our house yesterday to talk to us. I immediately asked the cop what was taken from the house and if there were other similar break ins recently. He said he didn't know what was taken, if the house was specifically targeted, etc... So I asked if there was any animals hurt. He said that the few break ins that happened in our town were mainly homes that were not locked, no animals inside, or none that were hurt. Hubby works from home 3 days a week and my mother is here visiting for the next 3 weeks. Luckily she has a vehicle so it looks like someone is home and with the dogs barking in the house I hope that would deter anyone from breaking in. The cops are on higher alert now also. We cleaned out our garage for 3 hours yesterday so we could park the cars inside at night from now on. Man, no matter where you live, you are never safe from the JERKS who think they have the right to come in and take your stuff and violate your security and privacy!!!
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07-15-2013, 06:03 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Very unnerving. You are right that it doesn't matter where you live. In fact, I think nicer communities are bigger targets -- more to steal and people have a false sense of security. We had a group of thieves stealing things out of cars in our neighborhood. People were leaving their cars unlocked with laptops, GPS devices, and other valuable items.
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07-15-2013, 07:11 AM | #3 |
Princess Sophie's Choice Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Clinton, IL, DeWitt County
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| I'm sorry you have to be so concerned about things like this but I agree that it does happen everywhere. We have been so lucky living in a very small town, but this stuff goes on here too. Sounds like a really positive note that now you can park your cars in the garage. LOL We do that then leave the side door to the garage unlocked. I wonder what the point of that is but the DH doesn't want it locked...so I lock my car up inside the garage. TeeHee I hate to take unnecessary chances. Good luck, I really hope the police catch this creep(s) before they do more damage so you can relax a bit.
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07-15-2013, 09:32 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire
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| The ONLY thing I care about in my house is the dogs. I don't want a break in by any means gawd that would be awful!!! When I was a kid, someone broke into my parents house, and I remember my parents being so upset, not just bc they stole their stuff, but because it felt like your security was gone, your privacy was invaded. I don't want that feeling at all! I like my stuff, but all the things that I value most are on me. My car, my wedding rings, my iPod, my phone, my purse. I'd be bummed if they stole my KItchenaid mixer! LOL
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07-15-2013, 11:17 AM | #5 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| I sure feel for you and have heard of this all too close to home. My blind sister's house was broken into, police thought by two men that a neighbor spotted walking down her driveway in the night and called the police. They drove by but saw nothing wrong after the call, didn't check with my sister and just drove away. When my sister awoke the next morning, her small stereo unit that played her CD audio books(her way of reading a book) was lying across her lower pelvis/thigh region, with the stereo unit's stand overturned on the carpet, her dresser/nightstand drawers all open, her jewelry boxes all empty, roughly $10k in jewelry gone and the safe in another room unopened, though police said there was some kind of evidence it had been tampered with. Her gun, her only protection for an old blind woman whose husband was in the nursing home dying from Alzheimer's, was stolen also. She had been put on Ambien for sleep due to insomnia and it literally knocked her out those first few weeks she took it and had slept through the entire burglary - even them brazenly moving her little stereo unit and putting it ON her body while they looked in her bedside drawer! (The police said they likely hoped she would awaken by them doing that - probably intending to terrorize her.) Her screen door had the screen cut so they could access her door lock and the front door lock jimmied open. Her very expensive ring she normally wore all the time was being worn by her daughter during that time and she was not injured physically but mentally, she was a wreck for a year after that - scared of everything she heard at night. She was too scared to sleep for a while and wouldn't take her medicine for sleep again. She got very high blood pressure from the fear and no sleep. Neighbors saw some teenage boys fairly frequently apparently stalking the area, seeming to be surveying it, particularly during the early afternoon and said it had been going on a while before and after the break-ins started. My sister, using her peripheral vision, would see three or four young teenage-looking boys walking about before and after that time, standing around laughing and looking around and then would walk on, stop and talk, look and proceed. Occasionally one would ride a bike along beside the walkers and they would separate at times, then reform down the block. Numerous break-ins and burglaries happened within a five block area around that time. The entire little area finally got all up in arms about it. Despite calling the police when they would spot one or all of the youngsters standing about or walking up beside a house or looking into a back yard or after a break-in, the police never caught them by the time they got around to rolling on the calls. The neighbors finally formed an informal sort of neighborhood watch as they could and followed every person that walked through the neighborhood that they didn't know for a while. Even the old ladies got involved at times and the younger residents at night and weekends. Sons would come over on their days off and walk the streets looking. It got tense, especially after hearing about my sister's break-in and the weird stereo thing. But these young men always ran off when approached by anyone. Police started parking on certain streets just every so often and sitting there videoing as a deterrent, especially after what happened to my sister. My sister said the police told her they posted a notice in the town paper about how this situation would not be tolerated. They frequented her house and one sergeant visited her from time to time to check on her and even called occasionally. She had his cell phone number. The police advised her to get a dog first and foremost, cut down her big shrubs near the house that could hide a potential burglar, install outside lighting, install locks for her windows, put special kind of long dead-bolts on her doors, install dead-bolted storm doors, and a security system. And more than one told her to replace her gun ASAP but I had already given her mine until she got someone to get one for her. She did all of that and got her Tavi, a Westie-Schnauzer mix from the local shelter, who has turned out to be a great watchdog and the love of her life! Anyway, finally, the young men disappeared and the burglaries stopped. Thankfully apparently no people or dogs in the neighborhood were hurt by these kids and no one was physically injured, though guns, jewelry, TV's and phones, etc were taken. They sure did a lot of damage while they were around that winter. I'm sure glad you all are okay so far and I hope you guys can fine a way to deal with these criminals before anything really bad happens. Look at this link!!! I hope this doesn't happen in your area! Chicago Police Will No Longer Respond to Burglaries or Robberies | FrontPage Magazine
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07-15-2013, 12:30 PM | #6 | |
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07-15-2013, 01:09 PM | #7 |
and Khloe Mae's too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eastern Washington
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| We were broken into over Christmas break 1.5 years ago. We had been out of town for 8 days and they kicked in our back door. Luckily, we had an alarm system, so they didn't get much... We had our dogs with us, but the kitties were home when they broke in. One cat stayed in the house and loved up on the police officer that arrived at the scene, but the other one ran out. Luckily, he came back, but it could have been horrible. Everything was replaced by insurance, but knowing that our home was invaded was not a good feeling. We now have more cameras on our property and have reinforced doors along with other safety features. Do you have a security system?
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07-15-2013, 09:25 PM | #8 |
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| When I was in middle school, our house was burglarized, and then my aunt and grandparents came into the house while it happened. The three men immediately started beating up my grandfather. At the time he must have been about 80 years old. He ended up in the hospital. Not a gated community, but a regular ol middle class neighborhood, and yes we do have a false sense of security, like same thing day in day out and nothing spectacular or scary happens. We didn't even really have anything of value. At the hospital, I was talking to one of the nurses and she asked if the news did a story on us. I said, no why would they care? Now I know, with other current events ongoing. I have had several families who live in more affluent communites that have had their kids' bikes stolen. Even in a gated community, it happens. Leaving their garages open, their cars unlocked. REally? Lock up your stuff people. In our neighborhood now, there were several burglaries. We all had a suspicion of who it was. Well that person has since moved out and guess what? No more burglaries. Called the cops several times. They don't give a crap. Just paper work for them.
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07-16-2013, 04:56 AM | #9 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire
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| NO, we dont have an alarm system. We should, we talked about it.... but never put one in. We also do not have the best doors, they are old and I know the locks can be picked, the door could even be broken down actually. Its scary!
__________________ “Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” ― Dean Koontz |
07-16-2013, 06:23 AM | #10 |
I ♥ my girls! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: With My Yorkies
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| I am so sorry you are going through this. My house was broken into and it just plain sucks for someone to take your stuff. They never found them either. . The cops here said they will knock on the door and if no one answers they will watch for work patterns. The biggest thing they steal is your sense of security. Let me tell you how they got in. You know the emergency release on your garage door? They pushed open the top of our garage, pulled the release and entered our home. It was an eye opener because I lived in the fantasy that it would never happen to me. We now have different security measures to protect us. But again your security is stolen. . Hopefully now with police patrol you will not have to worry about it. Sending prayers your way.
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07-16-2013, 07:49 AM | #11 |
www.yorkierescue.com Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Las Vegas & Orange County
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| Just get ADT. It's like $1 per day. It's a no brainer really.
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07-16-2013, 07:55 AM | #12 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire
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| Actually its not a no brainer. We are planning to sell the house in the near future and ADT requires a 3 year contract. You pay it whether you have it or not. All set with that kind of commitment. We did it on our shop that we closed last year and we still have to pay the bill. They wouldn't move it to our house either, we tried that! (CA has a 24 month commitment)
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07-16-2013, 08:13 AM | #13 |
www.yorkierescue.com Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Las Vegas & Orange County
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| Actually our rep told us that if we did move or close our shop we COULD move it to our home. This is ADT also. $30/ month x 12 months --$360 per year x 3 years. Less than $1000. Even if you have to continue to pay, not hardly a drop in the bucket. How much is peace of mind worth? Also if you do get broken in to? For sure loss will be more than $1000, and how much is your deductable?
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07-16-2013, 08:13 AM | #14 |
I ♥ my girls! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: With My Yorkies
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| Watch ADT. The subbed out my parents alarm services. The subbed out company went bankrupted. They did not honor mom and dads contract. They now have a different company as well. And money invested in a lawyer contacting ADT.
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07-16-2013, 08:14 AM | #15 |
I ♥ my girls! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: With My Yorkies
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| Also ADT required a credit card. Since our our home had been broke into, credit card records stolen, we had to change cards. So ADT wouldn't deal with me. That's why I too went with a different company.
__________________ Momma to three sweet Yorkie girls Rosie Marie, Mikki Leigh , and Lily Mae Grace! |
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