My neighbor got robbed.

[alkemyst]

My wife and neighbor left at 7:30am this morning, I and another neighbor left at 8:30...another one noticed about 9ish that a purple large van/truck pulled up and knocked on his door saying "HE IS NOT HOME".

About 9:30am his friends come over to use the pool and notice his backdoor open. They go to shut it (it never locked since he has lived there) and notice his place ransacked.

They even took his dishes. They had time to load a 60" projection type TV too.

I am looking now for an alarm/video but the cops said the only homes they get robberies in around here have no dogs. They have not had a break in for this if a dog lived there no matter how small.

If anyone has advice on protecting a single story home with a detached garage and 19 windows, 4 doors, running 4 outdoor video camera in humidity (s. florida)...i'd appreciate it.

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[quakefiend420]

get a chihuahua

 

[Regs]

must resist......errr...troll inside of meeeeeeee

 

[minendo]

'mexican' people showed up in a large van

Just put INS stickers in the windows. :roll:

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Weird coincidence, my neighbours got robbed a couple of days ago too. I got really lucky as I wasn't home (at an exam), my curtain was open and from their property you can clearly see into my bedroom. If they had looked they would have seen my Canon 30D sitting on my bed and my Dell 24" monitor and laptop on my desk. I'm insured but it would have sucked to lose that stuff.

 

[LS8]

Edit: Figure it out yourself, troll boy.

 

[paulney]

If he wasn't home, then it was burglary. Robbery is at gunpoint or knifepoint or something. Taking the property from a person.

 

[Mo0o]

So many ambiguous pronouns....

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: minendo

'mexican' people showed up in a large van

Just put INS stickers in the windows. :roll:

Eres un vato divertido.

 

[state 08]

Why is "mexicans" in quotes in your sub-title?

Either they were, or weren't.

Or were they posing as 'mexicans?'

 

[IEC]

I have very little to steal, fortunately.

 

[KLin]

Damn mexicans! They need to go back to Canada where they came from. :|

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
My wife and neighbor left at 7:30am this morning, I and another neighbor left at 8:30...another one noticed about 9ish that a purple large van/truck pulled up and knocked on his door saying "HE IS NOT HOME".

About 9:30am his friends come over to use the pool and notice his backdoor open. They go to shut it (it never locked since he has lived there) and notice his place ransacked.

They even took his dishes. They had time to load a 60" projection type TV too.

I am looking now for an alarm/video but the cops said the only homes they get robberies in around here have no dogs. They have not had a break in for this if a dog lived there no matter how small.

If anyone has advice on protecting a single story home with a detached garage and 19 windows, 4 doors, running 4 outdoor video camera in humidity (s. florida)...i'd appreciate it.

And he didn't do anything?

 

[Eli]

That's scary..

I've been overly conscious about leaving the blinds open in my room. If someone looked in, they would see 3 laptops and my desktop with 19" LCD.

Wouldn't take much effort to walk off with them..... Makes me want an alarm system.

 

[alkemyst]

not trolling assholes.

My neighbor always has people coming and going on his property. Some visit his pool, some clean it, he has a garage with tools and a passcode.

The mexican 'quote' was the lady saying it. It's in the police report.

Supposed the cop said their is an MTV show that brags that it takes 7 mins for an alarm company to react and an additional 22mins once the call comes in for a cop/para/fire dude to show up.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Well, you could consider locking your doors.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: state 08
Why is "mexicans" in quotes in your sub-title?

Either they were, or weren't.

Or were they posing as 'mexicans?'

because I didn't see them. This was a neighbors description.

kthx.

 

[waffleironhead]

I'm sure your trained attack cats will divert any potential robbers.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
My wife and neighbor left at 7:30am this morning, I and another neighbor left at 8:30...another one noticed about 9ish that a purple large van/truck pulled up and knocked on his door saying "HE IS NOT HOME".

Did the van have side mirrors?

 

[alkemyst]

they don't wanna work.

so since all you have spent your friday night trollin' me..how about getting to the alarm / protection part?

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: alkemyst
My wife and neighbor left at 7:30am this morning, I and another neighbor left at 8:30...another one noticed about 9ish that a purple large van/truck pulled up and knocked on his door saying "HE IS NOT HOME".

Did the van have side mirrors?

?

i have no idea...is that important?

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
they don't wanna work.

so since all you have spent your friday night trollin' me..how about getting to the alarm / protection part?

From ironwing's amazing memory bank...

Two currently available on ebay, from $4.95.

 

[waffleironhead]

search ebay for adt stickers. almost as good as the real thing. deterrence wise.

 

[Legendary]

This happened at my house (suburbs of NY) - a car was parked out front at 7:30 AM with a guy sitting inside. My mom smartly took down their plate. They tried to break in later but the alarm went off and cops showed up and nabbed them. With the plate they got the spotter as well. Apparently they followed my parents home from the Bronx.

If he can't get a plate he's likely screwed. For protection get a loud alarm and some cameras to cover your street and door.

 

[Raincity]

Rod iron over doors and windows or rolling shutters works wonders on break-ins. Weekly 30 pack block watch parties help get neighbors to bond and watch out for each other. Creating the illusion that somebody is home always helps. Keep a small radio near the front door playing a talk radio station when your not home creates the illusion that you have an elderly relative at home when you?re off at work.