We were robbed...

[HotPepperQueen]

This all started a year ago. My brother had been staying with Josh and I after he had won a large case settlement against some aggressive individuals and it was advised he stay away from home for awhile. We are also closer to his doctor that he had to see at the time because of a severe eye injury (hence the large settlement). Well the individuals found out where he was staying and smashed our mailbox. Then they came back two months later and smashed it again (but jokes on them, because we never replaced the original smashed one so they basically beat broken plastic). Then around hunting season they stole my four-wheeler, which turned up again with some parts missing in the woods about 8 miles from their house (thank goodness for insurance!). And now last night, they came and stole some of my dad's tools out of my garage that he was using for renovations on my chicken coop. They took two construction nailers, a 100ft extension cord, my shotgun, and a big bucket of change. My brother hasn't been staying with us for awhile now, and I don't know if this time it was the individuals. Where I live there have been a lot of problems with meth heads stealing change and pawnable items so it was probably a member of that group. I am heart broken, because many of you know Dear Old Dad is a wonderful and generous man that is always there to help me and surprises me with random yard projects. And now some of his most expensive tools were stolen. I could care less about my shotgun or the random change- it just breaks my heart that they did that to my dad. Another scary thing is that I worked late last night and came home when they could have been here. We think they were on foot because we didn't hear a vehicle and there was a lot more they could have taken. Now to call the sheriff once again and hopefully get mine and DOD's things back...

 

[lesa]

Oh, geez... What is wrong with people?? Sounds like time for cameras or a big dog...Sorry to hear about this.

 

[HotPepperQueen]

I actually just got off the phone with my dad and he is coming out and installing motion sensitive lights on the house and looking at security systems for me. Maizy is a decent sized black lab, but she didn't hear them last night since they were on foot and she was inside. I wish she was as "in tune" to intruders to her owner as she is to intruders of her chickens...

 

[digitS']

I had much the same thing happen, HPQ. Not, however, harassment over a lawsuit - sheesh!

Dad was a mechanic and we worked together on an old T-bird. I guess that was the reason his tools were in my garage. It has been a few years.

The old garage had a window on the alley that had been boarded up years before I moved there (this, a previous residence). One morning I found that the boards had been partially removed. I really should have known what that meant but just reattached them. A couple mornings later, I looked out to find garage door swinging open. Dad's tool box was gone.

We went thru his memory of what was in that toolbox. Just handtools but he knew each wrench as tho' it was a friend. He submitted a claim to his homeowner's insurance.

I had to go to the police station to get the record of me notifying them on the morning of the theft. Of course, no police officer ever showed up. I had to pay $12 for the report, I think it was. I told the officer at the desk that I felt I was victimized twice. I'm sure she had heard people say that before. Still, all the bother paid off since Dad was paid for the tools just as tho' they'd been in his garage instead of mine.

Steve

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

So sorry to hear this. How very dissapointing. I am sure the motion sensor lights will be a big surprise. Unfortunatley, the thugs probably knew you were not home. Most thugs are big cowards and only strike when the potential for confrontation is minimal.

 

[catjac1975]

Wow I was going to suggest the lights. So sorry for all of your trouble. But, you would not want your dog hurt either. I'm glad you did not surprise them. Just remember , it's only stuff.

 

[OldGuy43]

Wow I was going to suggest the lights. So sorry for all of your trouble. But, you would not want your dog hurt either. I'm glad you did not surprise them. Just remember , it's only stuff.

Agreed!

Life is like a game of Monopoly. No matter how much you acquire, when the game is over it all goes back in the box.

 

[nittygrittydirtdigger]

I'm sorry that happened to you, and I'm hoping the police officers take it very seriously, since a gun was taken.

Motion sensor lights are great. So are those motion activated water cannons!

 

[897tgigvib]

Please make sure you are prepared. Thieves often do repeat hits at the same place. They have a better idea of the layout, what's there, and they had success there once. If they took a gun, they are now armed. They will return when you least expect.

They took tools. That's a clue.

Somewhere, probably in a good walking distance, someone has a broken down old vehicle. It may be supposedly theirs, the thieves. Or else, these thieves want tools to do more thieving. These are some dumb, young guys on that speed stuff, armed now, and they don't care at all about your stuff. They don't care about anything except getting more of that drug stuff.

I guess I'd do all that electronic security stuff if I were you, but yep, I would definitely get a very very large dog, a doberman cross, and fix up a special place for him, get the whole routine of guard dog going.

The brazen act they did gives me yet another clue. I think someone impressed a girlfriend doing this.

oof! Big city stuff!

 

[vfem]

That is really ****ty sweety. I am so sorry!