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Christmas disaster
15 years ago
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Well I am once again the victim of another burglary. This time it is far more serious than a swapping of xboxes. From what I was told, four black males broke down the front door and all four bedroom doors. Their goal was our electronics, i.e. TVs, Xboxes. It was devastating to hear about this when my roommate called me when he arrived at our apartment and saw the damage. I am thankful though that it wasn't all that serious. Before the burglars could take much, our neighbor saw them and upon seeing her, the four burglars dropped what they had and booked it. With that, the only stuff that was taken was my TV and my roommate's laptop. Everything else was recovered by my neighbors and brought back inside.
When my roommate came back to the place he called the police and filed a report with the officer on dispatch. It turned out to be the same officer who handled my earlier incident this year. After the report filing, he left and said that forensics were on their way to assess the damage and look for clues. During then I called property management and emergency maintenance to get the doors replaced and fixed. Forensics came and took many pictures but no dusting for he warned us that dusting could potentially lead to electronics no longer working. It has happened in the past. We declined that offer save for the Xboxes but it wouldn't have done any good due to the surface. Maintenance came over to look at the damage. They couldn't do any repairs yet for nothing is open on Christmas day but they did make a temporary lock to the front door so at least things are a bit safe. Also my neighbors gave my roommate a gun to keep close by in case if anything else happens.
Now you may wonder if we had a security system. We do but it just makes noise. It does not alert the authorities whatsoever. My roommate forgot to set the system when he was gone for the day. If it did go off, it may not have prevented the break-in but it may have deterred them from taking anything. Lesson learned though.
I hope any of your Christmases were not like mine. I hope you all had a merry Christmas with everything all fine. Mine was too until I got that phone call. *sigh*.
Merry Christmas everyone.
When my roommate came back to the place he called the police and filed a report with the officer on dispatch. It turned out to be the same officer who handled my earlier incident this year. After the report filing, he left and said that forensics were on their way to assess the damage and look for clues. During then I called property management and emergency maintenance to get the doors replaced and fixed. Forensics came and took many pictures but no dusting for he warned us that dusting could potentially lead to electronics no longer working. It has happened in the past. We declined that offer save for the Xboxes but it wouldn't have done any good due to the surface. Maintenance came over to look at the damage. They couldn't do any repairs yet for nothing is open on Christmas day but they did make a temporary lock to the front door so at least things are a bit safe. Also my neighbors gave my roommate a gun to keep close by in case if anything else happens.
Now you may wonder if we had a security system. We do but it just makes noise. It does not alert the authorities whatsoever. My roommate forgot to set the system when he was gone for the day. If it did go off, it may not have prevented the break-in but it may have deterred them from taking anything. Lesson learned though.
I hope any of your Christmases were not like mine. I hope you all had a merry Christmas with everything all fine. Mine was too until I got that phone call. *sigh*.
Merry Christmas everyone.
