My house was broken into yesterday...
And it came at a very poor time, as if there is a good time. My Dad is not doing well and we have been concerned for his life. Now this. My wife came home from dinner and I went to my parents to talk with my Dad. My wife calls me and asks if I had done anything with the Xbox and Game Cube since the oldest is grounded and we had told him we were getting rid of the Xbox. At this point I suspect someone he knows. After all, who steals just an Xbox and Game Code and all the games. The she calls back and my parent's digital camera that we had borrowed and our digital camera were also missing. I then insisted that she call the police. While on the phone with the police they asked if there was anyone still in the house. She checked downstairs while still on the phone and discovered the point of entry. They had smashed the baby's window and crawled in through the window. That's when she called me back and I came home immediately. Then we got the real bad news. My wife had not been able to wear her wedding rings since about 6 mounts into being pregnant. She was planning on getting them resized and I had moved them to the front of a cabinet in the headboard of our bed. Of course, they were gone. They also took the keys to my truck (nice lowered '88 Silverado). Fortunately I had parked it a few houses down where no one parks. I guess they couldn't figure out which one it was. And I just got it from a friend of mine and he managed to find a spare set of keys. They tried to take my water bottle of change, but I guess it was too heavy. 
My paintball gear was in the garage, just inside the door to the house. They opened the door, but must have been scared off by all the junk in there. At least the missed seeing my paintball bag! 
They also took other stuff, but those are the important things.
Now I have a very upset wife and two traumatized kids. The oldest is very upset at loosing his brand new Xbox. Both of them were worried that they would come back. Even sleeping in our room, they still worried. I was unable to fix the window last night and my wife was worried. So I got out of bed and swapped the doorknob around so I could lock the room from the hall. And it is an outside knob (don't ask me why) so you can't open it easily. The kids were still talking none stop about it this morning. A sure sign that it is still bothering them. I hope it doesn't affect them too much.
The police were very through. They dusted for fingerprints but came up empty. They must have had gloves on. There have been a "rash" of break-ins lately that match ours. They only take smaller stuff and use one of your pillowcases to carry the stuff out. We found one of our King size pillows sans case. They did catch some kids (young adults) yesterday. They were not in our neighborhood, but it is possible they are responsible. They did have on gloves. Maybe...
I did find out that my local police department has a pepperball gun. They have had it for awhile, but just finished training. He said that they hurt a lot more than a paintball! He seemed to think that they were a very nice option to have. He'd wished they had it when a suspect "hid" under a car. They ended up shooting him with a beanbag round in the leg. He gave up immediately. It took 5 or so stitches to close up the wound. The pepperball guns would have chased him out without resulting in a trip to the hospital. And probably less paperwork.
I'm off to fix a window. Wish the police luck in finding some of my stuff.
My paintball gear was in the garage, just inside the door to the house. They opened the door, but must have been scared off by all the junk in there. At least the missed seeing my paintball bag! They also took other stuff, but those are the important things.Now I have a very upset wife and two traumatized kids. The oldest is very upset at loosing his brand new Xbox. Both of them were worried that they would come back. Even sleeping in our room, they still worried. I was unable to fix the window last night and my wife was worried. So I got out of bed and swapped the doorknob around so I could lock the room from the hall. And it is an outside knob (don't ask me why) so you can't open it easily. The kids were still talking none stop about it this morning. A sure sign that it is still bothering them. I hope it doesn't affect them too much.
The police were very through. They dusted for fingerprints but came up empty. They must have had gloves on. There have been a "rash" of break-ins lately that match ours. They only take smaller stuff and use one of your pillowcases to carry the stuff out. We found one of our King size pillows sans case. They did catch some kids (young adults) yesterday. They were not in our neighborhood, but it is possible they are responsible. They did have on gloves. Maybe...
I did find out that my local police department has a pepperball gun. They have had it for awhile, but just finished training. He said that they hurt a lot more than a paintball! He seemed to think that they were a very nice option to have. He'd wished they had it when a suspect "hid" under a car. They ended up shooting him with a beanbag round in the leg. He gave up immediately. It took 5 or so stitches to close up the wound. The pepperball guns would have chased him out without resulting in a trip to the hospital. And probably less paperwork.
I'm off to fix a window. Wish the police luck in finding some of my stuff.
. Anyway hope they find your stuff.
Good thing your paintball stuff wasnt taken though.
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