waterford lakes break-ins, attacks (Orlando, Pembroke Pines: crime, house, neighborhoods)

[backtofla]

in waterford lakes, a house was broken into in broad daylight. and another home in the same area was broken into, again in broad daylight, and the homeowner confronted him. he pulled up to his driveway and noticed a vehicle was parked in his driveway instead. he should have called the cops but instead tried to handlw thw situation in his own. he was attacked by a crow-bar (sp?). again in broad daylight.

close to avalon park, in timber springs area, a puerto-rican man was harrassing a female, and possibly trying to get her into his vehicle. she was very upset, and it seemed as if the man wasnt trying to help her as if to tell her she had a flat tire, or anything of the sort. the woman called her boyfriend during this exchange, and the man must have taken off so he wouldnt get caught/confront the boyfriend waiting outside of his house. he was following her and possibly trying to get her into his vehicle.

this folks, is happening in nice neighborhoods. it is getting a little too close for comfort.

[Brasstec]

Wow. what is the world coming to? The criminals are trying to break into nice homes? Why would they do that? By the way, they caught the idiots who broke into the man's home in Waterford. They had their cell phone with them. In the tussle with the homeowner, they both dropped their cell phones and the bad guy picked up the wrong phone. Then ran off and left their phone with the homeowner!!! LOL

The police didn't have a difficult time tracking them down at all. They are history.

[Moo Du Kwan]

"The police didn't have a difficult time tracking them down at all. They are history."

Hahahahaha........Good times!

[backtofla]

that's good. glad to hear they were caught.

[compelled to reply]

Burglary is a very, very common crime in "nice" neighborhoods nationwide. The attacks are not. I noticed this kind of thing happening in the nice,new parts of Palm Beach County too. This was happening out here where I am at this frequency 10 years ago,when we were at a similar growth stage. It's growing pains.

[backtofla]

straight from the orlando sentinel: (and just like i would have guessed)




Agustin Burgos (left) is accused of attempted murder for using a crowbar to beat the victim Monday afternoon according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by backtofla

straight from the orlando sentinel: (and just like i would have guessed)




Agustin Burgos (left) is accused of attempted murder for using a crowbar to beat the victim Monday afternoon according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Interesting that one of the homes had "large amount of narcotics" found inside.
Sounds like this is a problem that relates to more that break-ins, drugs are also involve in the article that I was reading.
Home invasions rarely random -- OrlandoSentinel.com

[backtofla]

narcotics found inside???


Man Comes Home From Work Early, Attacked By Burglars

POSTED: 5:18 pm EDT September 17, 2007


ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A man was hit over the head with a tire iron in his Orange County home after surprising two burglars.

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[backtofla]

i dont see anything about narcotics in this article.

[compelled to reply]

Regardless, burglaries are almost always planned, be it in Orlando, Ponte Verda Beach, Pembroke Pines, Newark, Oviedo, Anaheim, or Detroit, or at day or night. The United States, as a matter of fact,the U.S is not only home to Burger King, but is the "Burglar King", leading the world in burglary and home invasion. This burglary on the other hand was a real exception due to the violent nature of the burglars. This particular story is very disturbing, but unfortunately hardly unique to Orlando.

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