*Sigh* As if the fires weren't bad enough..

[MetalRose]

I came home from work today and discovered I'd been broken into.

It's really odd as my whole house was gone through, my drawers and everything else was dug through. They took a change jar that had less than $5-10 in it, but left the digital camera, iPods, all the jewerly I had in the drawers, on the counter, medications, credit cards...

I could use a hug.

*Sigh*

-MetalRose

 

[OrbWeaver]

So they only stole your change jar, but left everything else? Strange.


That still sucks, though. Home is where you're supposed to feel safe. That safety is seriously violated when broken into. Met-Al's car was broken into a couple weekends ago while we were at the HoB. They stole about $225 worth of CDs, but left everything else. So I feel for you, MetalRose. I hope they catch the theives.

 

[Pellaz]

Ditto....hope they get caught.

I've got a decent security system here at La Casa de Pellaz, and it seems to be a fairly safe rural neighborhood, but still.....I worry. There's nothing like that sense of violation when you realize that someone has been going through your stuff.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

Having been broken into previous to where I live now, I totally sympatize with Al & Metal....People suck, and theives need to be shot on sight.
My current security system consists of well armed neighbors (we watch each others homes when away), and a bunch of used range targets lining the basement entrance walls to make a potential thief think about entering my home, and really hope I'm not home when they do. Nothing is perfect, but in 12 years here, the worst I got was paintballed, with about 20 other houses.

 

[Rider of Theli]

*hugz*

I can sympathize, having been broken into twice in four months time a few years ago. They took a couple of VCRs, and my cd tower (114 cds in it at the time) the first time around. Then later came back and got some (not very expensive) jewelry before the localized alarm ran them off. Since then we've invested in Brinks and have not had any trouble at all. But that's 40+ bucks I could use toward something else each month. *grumble*

 

[Bryan316]

This is a crackhead breakin. Or a high school kid. Wanted EASY, and a changejar was good enough for his really low expectations.

Seems you got lucky! I hope that if I ever get my house broken in, the burglar is that low maintenance as well! Cuz that guy coulda really messed up your life by stealing soooo much more. Meds, credit cards, personal info for identity theft, it coulda been BAD.



How did the burglar get in? Broke a window? Kicked a door in? Picked a lock?

 

[Yippee38]

Damn Metal! That sucks. Our house was broken into when I was in HS. It's a crappy feeling knowing that somebody went through all of your stuff.

Darwin says he would have protected your place while you were away.

 

[MetalRose]

He went to the "hidden" side of the house where the windows are at hip lenght. He, she, they busted out the screen and opened the window. The front of my house is actually under ground behind a retaining wall. From the one side, you can't hardly see anything, from the other side, you can see in, but there are no houses there.

My landlord just left. He helped me install new window locks and new dead bolts. Didn't take too long to do either.

I feel a little bit better. The land lord said that if someone wants to get in bad enough, nothing is going to stop them. Which is true... but why make it easy?

-MetalRose

 

[Dolamite S. Biffle]

Karma will get them.

 

[kittybeast]

*HUGS* Metal, sorry to hear about this. Glad you are okay and no one was hurt. hope they catch the peckerheads!

 

[yardleybates]

(((((((( HUGS)))))))))

 

[Ostracised]

Having been broken into previous to where I live now, I totally sympatize with Al & Metal....People suck, and theives need to be shot on sight.

X2. Sorry to hear about all the troubles Rose.

 

[BlackRoseMetalHeart]

Sorry to hear about all the chaos lately, Metal. Glad to hear that at least you and Joey Sky are safe though.

 

[DAVETHEMETALGUY]

im sorry metal

 

[Cheiron]

I had most of my CDs stolen out of my friend's car, and my wallet (yeah I was stupid to leave it in there, even if it was 'hidden'), while parked at a national park in Kentucky while we were checking out a spot to climb. The rocks were too wet so we returned and I saw that the car window was smashed in. I'm almost positive that the guys who did it were nearly caught in action by another group of climbers. But they didn't see anything. And the car was parked right next to ours. I tried to check our their vehicle to see if I could see anything, but I didn't. These guys just didn't seem like they should be parked there. We left the place to go to a ranger to report it, and while waiting for the ranger to come he said he saw lots of CDs along an entrance ramp. So after filing the report we went back an dthey were our CDs. We had passed it while we went to the Ranger statios, meaning that these people drove there after us.

Sadly I didn't get a license plate number. They charged a number of items on my credit card but I obviously wasn't reponsible for it.

Either way it pissed me off and made me feel unsafe. I just couldn't concentrate. And when you don't feel safe its hard to climb. So my friend and I left and went back to Illinois. Still pisses me off to this day.

Oh and the reason I didn't confront the guys in the SUV who I thought did it, was A) there were more of them, B) I wasn't confident I could win a multiperson fight, C) I thought my health in case a fight broke out was more important to me than the results of confronting them.

So... I'm sorry this had to happen to you =/

 

[DoomsdayZach]

Karma will get them.

It's true. If they're junkies just trying to get cash for a quick fix (very likely given the missing items), it seems like Karma's already got them. Sad all around

 

[spag]

Oh and the reason I didn't confront the guys in the SUV who I thought did it, was A) there were more of them, B) I wasn't confident I could win a multiperson fight, C) I thought my health in case a fight broke out was more important to me than the results of confronting them.

#1 Rule, it's just stuff. Yeah it can piss you off, but nothing is worth getting hurt over. Stuff can be replaced, your health maybe not.

I have a friend that got in a bar fight over something like $20. He got popped in the head pretty good during the fight. That was about 15 years ago, and he still isn't completely right to this day. Memory issues and looses balance. Sometimes he just gets into these modes where he's just staring into space and has no clue he's doing it or that time is passing. It's sad, and it was completely preventable at the time.

While I'd like to see thieves die in a fire or something, I wouldn't even bother shooting one. You don't want that headache either.

 

[jaimek]

Well bugger. I'm glad all they took was the change jar, but that's two major hits to your sense of security in a week. :/

 

[MetalRose]

#1 Rule, it's just stuff. Yeah it can piss you off, but nothing is worth getting hurt over. Stuff can be replaced, your health maybe not.

Thank you. I just have to keep remembering that. It was easy to say that with the fire because with the fire, the stuff being burned isn't the motive (at least not in the situation I was just in).

With this it's almost a personal attack I don't work 8 hours a day so I can buy stuff for a complete and total stranger who's been dealt a shit hand and feels entitled to it. Although again, you're right (and everyone else who's said it...) At least we weren't home and we weren't hurt.

Like JamieK said though, it's a total invasion of security which is what is leaving me uneasy... as well as the confusion as why they would go through everything but take *nothing* and then the officer thinking I left my windows and doors open. It was almost a triple whammy.

But I did find finger prints and called the officer back over so he could see that I wasn't lying. He pulled the storm window down and saw where they wrapped their hands under the window then pushed up on it. He thinks it was a juvie.

I took the day off work. My nerves are still shot, but am trying to be proactive as I can. I installed new window locks (each now has 2 as well as dowels in the tops so they cannot be opened) and bar locks on all the doors (and finally got around to installing the fire extinguishers in the hallway).

Sure I know that if someone wants to come in, I can't stop them, but I don't want to make it easy and I do want them to be as loud as possible so the neighbors can hear them.

I've told all my neighbors that I'm going to be the old crabby woman for a while and if I see anyone in my front walk way I'm calling the police and asked them to do the same. I also told them that I WILL be yelling at ANY kids in that area period. If they didn't want me yelling, they should make sure that the kids aren't playing there as there is no reason to be.

Thanks for the support everyone. That's why I love you guys and consider y'all my extended disfunctional family.

Hugs back to everyone!

-Metal

 

[jaimek]

It's a good thing you were proactive about your security -- sometimes the first break-in is just to grab what's easy and case the place for a future attempt, especially once insurance has replaced whatever they took the first time. Or at least that's what I was told after my own home invasion.

Which I know is not at all what you want to hear, but you've already taken the necessary steps to slow them down, and sometimes that's all that's all you need. And yeah, you're going to be jumpy for a while.