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Originally Posted by Barking Spider
Chet,
This was in the middle of the day. My friend had just driven off and was gone about 15 minutes. His alarm is very loud.
They kind of figured out that it came from a service provider that was in their house recently and knew exactly where the laptop and iPads were located. While he does not appear to have been the actual smash and grab culprit, he had to be somehow involved. They are very careful about who comes in their house, and this guy was the only one that could have known about the location of the laptop.
I don't want to go into details, but the location of her workstation (laptop) is very unconventional and this guy went directly to it. A neighbor did see an individual walking around the side of the house carrying something, but did not see the car to get a license number. While the police were called, and got there quickly, they were long gone.
They went to the back door, smashed the glass out, went directly upstairs to grab the computer, and grabbed the iPads on their charging station in the living room (near back door). Drove out the driveway thru a neighbors yard to the road close by instead of back out the way they came in (past neighbors).
Double dead bolts, flood lights, alarm, and watchful neighbor didn't stop these guys.
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I once had a relationship with a tradesman that unfortunately had a gambling problem. The guy was good at what he did but had a nasty habit of getting way behind on his "loans" and then legitimate contractors would let him go. He eventually got busted for telling the "bad guy's thugs" about houses where they could rip off stuff equal to what he owed on his bad loans. Real sad story...
In towns with good police force they will track down these leads and eventually trace it back to the "inside man" but too many towns assume it is "just kids looking for some quick money". Reality is there are all kids of messed up people around.
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