We returned from a month long vacation yesterday, to find the back door open and the house ransacked. Upon scrutiny we found that the thief had decamped with (a) the dish satellite/DVR box (b) lots of artificial jewellery in the small armouire in the bedroom.
What he did not take (but could have) : (a) my DSLRs and lenses, worth about $3000 (b) Blu-ray player sitting right above the DVR box (c) Canon HD Camcorder and P&S camera worth $1000 (d) a Nook (e) older iPhone. What a dummy!??!
(I am not even counting the 42" LCD TV or the desktop computer and the couple of LCD monitors because they'd be too conspicuous)
Not that he did not search, or did not have time : contents of every shelf in every room had been been pulled down, every small box had been emptied. I had a small fire-proof 'safe' to keep my documents - he ripped open its locking mechanism (yes, it was plastic - 🙄 ) and strewed the papers around. He took the time to dismantle the lock on the door leading to the garage, and to add insult to injury he used my own screwdrivers to do that!
The cops came over to have a look, and pointed out that he had entered thru the window in the kitchen by prying open it open somehow, and exited via the back. Now my wife is so spooked that I'll have to re-subscribe to ADT; me, I'm just happy he did not take anything I'd need to pay to replace; Dish is sending somebody today to replace the box for free.
I'm fairly certain it has to be somebody within the community; it's gated, and methinks it has to be somebody who had cased the house earlier to ensure it was vacant.
What he did not take (but could have) : (a) my DSLRs and lenses, worth about $3000 (b) Blu-ray player sitting right above the DVR box (c) Canon HD Camcorder and P&S camera worth $1000 (d) a Nook (e) older iPhone. What a dummy!??!
(I am not even counting the 42" LCD TV or the desktop computer and the couple of LCD monitors because they'd be too conspicuous)
Not that he did not search, or did not have time : contents of every shelf in every room had been been pulled down, every small box had been emptied. I had a small fire-proof 'safe' to keep my documents - he ripped open its locking mechanism (yes, it was plastic - 🙄 ) and strewed the papers around. He took the time to dismantle the lock on the door leading to the garage, and to add insult to injury he used my own screwdrivers to do that!
The cops came over to have a look, and pointed out that he had entered thru the window in the kitchen by prying open it open somehow, and exited via the back. Now my wife is so spooked that I'll have to re-subscribe to ADT; me, I'm just happy he did not take anything I'd need to pay to replace; Dish is sending somebody today to replace the box for free.
I'm fairly certain it has to be somebody within the community; it's gated, and methinks it has to be somebody who had cased the house earlier to ensure it was vacant.
