is a very scary situation you were in. Back in the late 80's our garage
door opener would respond to other people's openers. We got in the
habit of keeping the interior door locked because of that.
It is a sad, sad world that we live in. I've known a few people that
something like this has happened and they never felt "comfortable" until
they moved to a different location. Until then, take comfort in the
fact that the loss was only possessions. Hug your wife, hug your
daughter and realize that you can replace all the other things.
marlon
Charlie Griefer wrote:
>My wife works for Wells Fargo bank as a phone banker. Phone bankers are available 24/7, 365...so she had to work X-mas day (she had Thanksgiving off tho). So my x-mas was spent cleaning out the garage (which I was glad to do, as it needed it).
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>When my wife got home from work, she parked our truck in the street, since my garage-cleaning project was still in full force, and the driveway was full of garage-type-things. She intended to move the truck into the driveway when I was done and had everything cleared away, but never did.
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>The next morning (Fri), she got up to go to work (I was still in bed, as she works earlier hours than me). It was about 6:30 am, when she came into the bedroom very panicked. The truck was gone, and the door from our garage to the laundry room was propped open.
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>We had been robbed.
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>Apparently, since she meant to move the truck into the driveway, she didn't bother locking it up. During the course of the evening, somebody (i'm assuming, for some reason, 2 people...so I'm going to refer to "they/them", for no good reason...it could be a he/him) was having a pretty good time going up our street knocking over recycling bins. When they got to our house, they saw the truck in the street, saw that it was open, and found the garage door opener on the visor. Since the garage door is normally closed (and the truck locked), we don't normally lock the door from the garage to the laundry room...so they had access to the house.
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>They didn't grab much...seems like they just ran in and out...but they got enough. My wife's purse (with house keys and truck keys, and wallet and credit cards, and cell phone), my wallet (with credit cards and about $80 cash), my iPaq (with expansion sleeve and 512MB sd card), and my camcorder (with a videotape still in there containing video of my 18 month old daughter's first steps).
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>On the way out, since they had found keys in my wife's purse, they helped themselves to our truck as well (a 2000 Mazda B-3000).
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>We've spent the last few days cancelling credit cards, closing out bank accounts, getting new licenses at DMV, cancelling cell phone accounts, having locks re-keyed, trying to find a rental car at X-mas...it's all been very trying.
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>Oh...and the thing that really concerns me...I found a hammer on the floor of the living room that morning. *my* hammer that I had hung up on my pegboard while I was cleaning the garage. There were people in my home while I slept...no more than 20 feet from where my daughter was sleeping...helping themselves to my belongings, and carrying MY fucking hammer in case any of us happened to wake up.
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>Of course, I could take the view that we're lucky nobody *did* wake up, and that nobody was hurt. I just can't stop feeling like I wish I had woken up. Even if I got my ass kicked, at least I would have had an opportunity to try and do something.
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>I hate not having my iPaq...I hate that somebody is looking through my appointments and contacts. I hate that somebody has video of my daughter, given all of the Elizabeth Smart type stories out there. I hate the fact that the ONE day my wife doesn't lock the truck (and it truly was the ONE time...she is very very anal about locking the cars/house/etc), some pieces of shit happen to be going down my block and get lucky.
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>I just want these guys found (yes, we filed a police report, for whatever good it'll do). Even if they're prosecuted and walk, at least I'll have names...I can get addresses...
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>...then I'll bring my hammer over to their place. If, in the near future, you don't hear anything from me for roughly 3 - 5...you'll know why.
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><sigh>
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>charlie
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