Originally Posted by
apheod
i dont live in the ghetto or anything, but a lower middle class neighborhood. i had my door kicked in while i was at work back in october and all of my weapons stolen, a few days later as i was coming over to pack up a load (i started moving out the night i found the door kicked in, as there was still 20k+ worth of electronics sitting around that he didnt take) i caught the bastard prying and kicking at my back door, and put him face down in the dirt at gunpoint while i called the police.
they charged him with vandalism for tearing up my door and turned him loose 4 hours later with no attempt to search his house for my weapons, and they didnt even inform the burglary detectives handling the prior week case. they called me a few days later and asked if i had any leads on who broke into my house, i was like "how about the guy i caught breaking in 2 days ago? good suspect in my amatuer opinion."
since then, i never get caught unarmed except at work, where i have to disarm.
I've heard from several LEO friends that after a successful home burglary, perps often go back to the same house after a few days. In addition I've known two folks (including my boss) who had exactly that happen to them.
Doesn't make sense to me - I'd think the victim would be more on guard. If I were a BG I'd move on to another unsuspecting victim. Maybe they're thinking because they were successful once, they can be successful again. Dunno - I can't think like a BG so I guess I wouldn't be a very successful one.
Ray
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