UPDATE #2: Well, come to find out today that they caught the guy who took my stuff (Hooray for the Mesquite Police Dept.). He had turned more of my stuff in at a couple of other pawn shops and I identified it over the weekend. About the only thing I haven't seen yet are my son's golf clubs (bastard!). The guy got busted living in a motel room off of Hiway 80 (surprise, surprise!). The great thing is that underneath the bed in the room the cops recovered the case containing a bunch of my important papers and it hadn't been opened so I am getting all of that back too. After getting busted the guy admitted to breaking into my house and a couple of others in the area. Good ending here. The only pain in the *** left from all fo this is that I have to go through a property hearing in court to I my stuff to get it back from the pawn shops without paying the pawn shops to get it back. Kind of a stupid formality, but what the hell, it's too cold to play golf rigth now anyway. UPDATE: Mark one down for the good guys! It's 12:30pm. Just got a call from the detective and a bunch of the stuff has turned up at two pawn shops in the area. For sure they have my golf clubs, digital camera, some of the jewelry, and the home theatre tuner. I'll be going to those places and identifying my **** this afternoon. Sons of ******* *************! Came into the house through the garage side door from the back yard and into the house. The only fortunate things about the whole deal was these were dummys or kids AND no one was home (i.e. my wife and son). They took the following Tuner to the home theatre system, but not the speakers or subwoofer Digital camera Camcorder 35mm camera A cordless phone (for crying out loud) A case with some important papers (miltary docs, marriage license, birth certificates, etc), some of this hurt for the sentimental value MY golf clubs My SON'S golf clubs And some jewelry, but a funny note about this in a awhile Here's what they DID NOT take: None of the three bikes in the garage (no, they don't have names) Neither of the two television sets This PC from which I am typing this post DVD player in the front living room My guitar (they decided against taking it because I found it in the garage Ckeckbooks or checks The NICE jewelry - meaning that these guys were too stupid to open up the top and sides of the jewelry armoire. The only opened the little drawers and got a bunch of cheap stuff, while had they opened the top or sides they would have had handfuls of gold and watches... Electric piano The ******** also went trhough the drawers and cabinets looking for, I suppose, money and scattered clothes everywhere, bu tthey didn't touch the hunting knife I keep in the drawer, nor did they touch any of the extra sets of car keys. I tell you, these guys are small time who go around looking for their next trade at a pawn shop. All they took was stuff that can be easily sold at pawn shops. I am going to go on a asearch of pawnshops in thsi area this weekend. Wish Me luck
You gotta be proactive with this. Or take the Joe Horn approach and don't let the thieves even get that far.
Get a dog. I am actually looking forward to someone breaking into my house so I can come home and find my GSD gnawing on his throat.
According to a TV news report, four guys tried to kick this womans door down after spending 3 hours trying to break into her home while she was in it. The Link She has quite the surveillance system. She might have installed it after a prior incident three weeks before where "four men stormed into her home through the front door."
THe last time I was burgled they took my Betamax. I was pissed, but somewhat mollified by the thought of them bringing that to the pawn shop. "Five bucks?!? Whaddya mean five bucks? It's a Sony!!" "Dude, it's a Betamax."
some idiots broke into my jeep my freshman year when it was parked in brazos garage. they looked through the glove box/center console, didnt find anything, so they took the most expensive item outside of the car itself, my passenger side door! nothing else. lucky for me the insurance company paid me $2k since they thought id have to buy 2 all new doors, but I just found one at a junk yard, repainted it, and ended up profiting $1k. nothing ever turned up in the pawn shops, guess there isnt much of a market for car doors on the streets.
Growing up I'd hear of someone buying something real cheap because it was stolen and I thought it was funny or didn't think about it at all. But then when I went away to college I had my house broken into twice (as most I was a poor college kid working a 3-midnight job). I lost all my guns, knives, and fishing equipment (at least I was too poor to have any electronics). Since that day, I despise a thief with a passion.
mesqutie... 972 THATS HIS AREA CODE ITS HIS WAY OF SHOWING LOVE TO THE FOLKS BACK HOME on a serious note, mesquite went from being good ole boy to white trash/red neck to ROUGH on a pretty steep slope. kinda chuckle about those people that think they are 'getting away' by moving to the explosive developments in sunnyvale only to realize they are a whole Belt Line Road away from the areas they were trying to 'escape.'
If you are really pleased with the detective take the time to drop a letter in the mail to the chief. Though finding your stuff in a pawn shop is not hard, getting him to confess is a different story. It takes a little longer than the 10 minutes they show on TV.
