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I doubt people leave their doors unlocked in LI nowadays... if they do, I bet they are the ones who don't report their stolen goods because they know what the police will say.. "lock your doors"
Few people leave their (house) doors unlocked, though theft from vehicles is uncommon.
I could say the same for many areas in New Jersey too...
Truth is that many times here in Union County I have seen the sheriff car patrolling the neighbourhoods.
And I know from experience that when the house alarm goes, they are very quick to show up.
....I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to cause me great bodily harm, in the pursuit of burglarizing my home and stealing all that I worked for.
I had something similar happen to me, only it was older folks, maybe early forties. When the bell rang, I went upstairs and looked out the window. I could see an early '90's pick up truck in my driveway. My wife was at work and my truck was in the garage. They were not selling pine needles, because I could see the bed of the truck was empty.
Doorbell range again and I see another person in the pick up get out and walk towards the back of my house. There were three guys altogether, so one remained in the drivers seat of the pick up truck. They were fairly well dressed, meaning not in work clothes or any type of uniform, like TWC.
Along the way, I picked up my handgun, extra magazine and the old standby, the Louisville Slugger. I called 911 and told them exactly what was happening. While on the phone with 911, I heard one of them try the back door knob.
Lucky for them, the cops pulled up, blocking their truck. One took off running and the cops corralled the other two. They claimed to be selling pine needles, yet there was not even one strand of a pine needle in their truck. They did have various tools that could be used as burglary tools. I walked around back and found a screw driver wedged in my window screen.
Cops charged them with attempted burglary, possession of burglary tools and various warrants from different counties.
They met a better fate, then if they would have entered my home.......I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to cause me great bodily harm, in the pursuit of burglarizing my home and stealing all that I worked for.
You really have to be careful, because another method is to home invade. They ring the bell, you open the door and they push their way into your home. I know that rare, but it does happen and people should be aware.
See I would have waited to call 911 until after they found my surprise. It would have went something like this.
911. whats your emergency.
Me. no emergency I just want to schedule a trash pick up.
Sorry to hear about this experience. was it recent?? Middle aged people huh?? unbelievable.
That was a little over two years ago. The one at the front and back door definitely looked late thirties/forties. The driver may have been a little younger.
Many years ago a rusted out old car with 4 grubby, hillbilly types pulled into my driveway.....one of them knocked on the door.
I cracked my bow window and asked him what he wanted.
He wanted to know if I wanted my TV antenna painted!
At the time I had two large dogs.....one who looked like a yellow lab and one who looked like a huge wolf with a big, thick mane.....he was a Malamute, Collie mutt mix.
They both had their front feet up on the bow window savagely barking at the guy when I cracked the window to ask him what he wanted.
I think dogs can give some criminals pause, but the trend in Charlotte is -- the thugs kick down the door and kill the dog. These thugstas have been known to be toting AKs, and they are immature and antisocial. No frontal lobe control. Do not count on your dog keeping a thugsta w/ a weapon and anger issues off your property.
Anifani...has there been situations where they have kicked in the doors and killed the dog?? If so, where?
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