House was robbed durring WCR, Advice? Options

[carr914]

OK, Just use the BlowTorch on the Bastard. I heard Burglers Taste just like Chicken

[carr914]

I heard Burglers Taste just like Chicken

To the Guard Dog you are going to get

[Jaymann]

Stuff probally did not go far,sounds like a neibor who still has a key,and a good view of your coming and goings.There had to be more then one person,to cart off all that.No one saw a truck??This had to take some time.If they picked the lock on the way in,I would be suprized if they locked it on the way out.Unless they had the key.

[RJMII]

Get the video system! Set it all up without telling anyone!

Tell everyone you're going on another trip. Go visit your local favorite electronics store, and ask them for some boxes. Get a 55" LG TV box, a Blu Ray player box, new PS3 and 360 box... you get the idea. Set them all out so it looks like your insurance already cashed out and you scored some replacements.

then take your trip. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Some of the cameras out there are motion sensor activated and will send you a txt or a pix message letting you know of the movement. Some systems you can monitor online accross the internet.

If you're alerted, you can alert the proper individuals immediately and have them arrive to catch the crooks.

[Katmanken]

Sorry for the robbery, it leaves you with a nasty feeling.

A couple of things I learned:

1. It could be anybody. Our robber was a 17 year old kid who was due to inherit millions when he turned 18. He left home in Miami, was living in a beachfront room in a swanky hotel, and was paying for his lifestyle by robbing from people who weren't weathy like him. He called the people he robbed "little people". The DA and cops wanted to tap into his inheritance. Good old politics (and a bribe or two from his attorney) changed his sentence to "probation", and none of the victums got a dime.

2. Don't trust pawn shops. They will nod their heads, and smile at you and not tell you the stuff is in the counter. Guess where most of our stuff was found??? At a pawn shop run by a guy who lived 3 doors down. I did sketches of my wife's jewelry and a cop walked into the pawnshop, grabbed my neighbor and had him show everything. There was most of the stuff, and a photo of the 17 year old kid as required by law. The cops took the photo to the hotels, and BINGO, they found the kid. When they arrested this kid, it pretty much closed the books on daytime crime.

3. Sketch everything and haunt the resell places.

Good luck.

Ken

[corsepervita]

Few neat goodies for hiding your things...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/855d/

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/b7c9/

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/a619/

Also see if you can find a security specialist who can hook you up with data spray. The below is a website for data dots... but there is another one out there I cannot remember the name of that uses a spray with tiny little markers with your identifying information on them. They can then be scanned and will read back your information (useful for recovering stuff if you ever find it at a pawn shop, or the police need to identify someone)
http://www.datadotdna.com/index.asp