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Sad night…

Posted In: Everyday life — January 19, 2005 @ 11:21 pm — Peter

Tonight Stephanie and I visited three sports stores looking for some hockey equipment. I really wish I didn’t insist on going to the last store, because when we got home, we saw our neighbor’s house getting robbed. As we pulled up, we noticed a strange car parked outside. I figured it was our neighbor’s brother, who she said would be checking in on the house while she was away. Stephanie noticed a few black men running around the house. As we pulled into our driveway, they started coming out of the house and as we pulled into the garage they were fleeing for their car. We hurried and closed the garage door behind us to avoid a confrontation with these guys. I was pretty freaked out and called 911. It took about 20 minutes for the cops to show up. We circled the property with the cops for a while, telling them all the details we could remember. The problem was glaringly obvious, our neighbor does not leave any lights on and it was quite apparent nobody was home. After a while longer, our neighbor’s brother arrived and he and the police went inside. He called me later to let me know that not much was done to the inside of the house. We must have came home before they had much time to ransack the house. Also, the police will be returning in the morning to lift some prints off the window the thugs entered through. I hope there is enough to match it to someone. I imagine that people breaking into homes have passed through the police system before and their prints should be on file… So, how do we return to normal? Seeing this was pretty traumatic. One of our biggest fears is having our home broken into. We will probably be dormant for a while, afraid to leave our home for any long period of time. Although we are very careful with regards to home security, we just don’t feel safe right now. I realize this kind of things comes with living in a city, but I am not use to it yet. It has only been a little over a year for us and we are somewhat put off by the crime that has been happening in our “good neighborhood”. I guess all we can do is further secure our home and not do stupid things like leaving the house completely dark and empty looking. Soon enough we will get our tax return and have the last remaining security door installed. Ugh, this is so frustrating… feeling so helpless in your own home..

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