My Burgler’s Stuff
A few months ago I got a voicemail from a ‘Restricted’ caller
As it turns out, I had never gotten around to cleaning my backpack after our trip to Mexico, and when we were burglarized in April, my luggage claim sticker went with the thief.
The Trail of Crumbs
Excited, I went to the precinct to see if there was any other stuff of ours that was recovered. Sadly, this was it. Just a backpack, some lint and some baggage claim tickets.
I did get a bit of the story behind the burglers, though. There were three guys, heroine addicts, who had been involved in over 100 burglaries in the past year. Typically, they would drive up to a house that looked like a good target. One guy would wait in the car nearby, I’m guessing with a cell phone to contact the guys in the house. The guys would take whatever was easy to grab, throw it into the car and drive away.
After having been burglarized twice, one thing I can recommend is that you don’t put anything valuable in your bedroom as this is the favorite place for thieves to go. Or, if it has to be in the bedroom, be sure to lock the valuables away in a safe.