ArtFriend

My next door neighbor was broken into at noon today. The man kicked in her back door and stole her jewelry. She is a stay at home mom and home schools her kids who were there. She was so scared that she only could give a very general description of the guy. The police came over to tell me about it and to be careful.

I live alone, so this is freaking me out a bit. This is a nice neighborhood and I've lived here for 15 years. Never has happened before.



This is NOT an April Fools joke!

KeepTruckin

Wow, sorry to hear about that! Thank god everyone is ok. That would freak me out terribly. Hope the police are able to catch him!

ScottFromWI

Glad to hear everyone is OK. My place of work was broken into last week as well so I know the feeling of unease.

ArtFriend

To be broken into in broad daylight is very frightening. That sounds to me like a druggie.

Bubovski

Very frightening for you.
Probably unlikely they will try close to last event though.
Is a watch dog an option?

Pouncer

How scary. You are justified to be afraid. It is a relief that she and her children were not harmed.

I home-school too. If she is anything like me, she'll use that incident as a jumping-off point for a lesson about crime and punishment, development of centralized police force in America, history of Medieval and Renaissance punishments for theft, or crime statistics and socioeconomic background and their correlation of criminal behavior. (Maybe just a joke only home-schoolers would get).

Soberwolf

Sorry to hear that Art

ArtFriend

She was very shaken up, as were the kids. I think she may provide a lecture like that, but not until she settles. I work from home so I am here all day and I did not hear a thing.

thomas11

Heard they have some pretty good castle doctrine laws in Texas.

You could post a sign on your door that says "there is NOTHING is this house worth DYING for".

ArtFriend

I have several felines who probably would not appreciate that.

I have thought about this before, but now it seems like a viable option. I live in Texas and guns abound. Maybe I should get one for protection. I don't like guns, but....

ArtFriend

But you are assuming these people can actually READ!

Anna

I'm sorry, AF, that is really scary.

Have you thought about getting an alarm system?

Gonnachange

OMG, that must have been incredibly scary. I hope the perps are caught. Fortunately, nobody was physically injured, but I'm sure your neighbors have some emotional scars that will take time to heal.

ArtFriend

I actually have one. But, I only set it when I leave the house. I can't set while I am in the house because it has laser beams that trigger the alarm when they are broken by someone walking into them. They are too high for the cats to bother them. Maybe I could have that feature removed?

mecanix

As long as your house looks more difficult, will create more attention or nastier to pick on than someone else's then they tend not to bother .

A few shot up cans and a couple of used casings/shells on the porch might be more of a deterrent than a sign without having a gun around the place ?

Don't leave house, car or spare keys downstairs they are best kept in a bedside draw as it's pretty annoying to have to change your locks and have all your things driven off in your own car .

Self activating security flood lights PIR type are a deterrent and you can get ones that set off a buzzer inside the house .

Bestwishes, m