Time we left home: 14:08
Time we got home: 17:55
Time we noticed something was wrong: 18:01
Number of doors broken: 3
Number of rooms rifled for valuables: 4
Jewelry taken: none (we think)
Valuables taken: none (we think)
Money taken: $177 (in small bills, for last Sunday’s yard sale)
Alert crossing guards: 1
Cop cars responding to the call: 7
Cops in our house: 4
Cops surrounding our house: 11
Perps caught hiding in our basement: 1
Money returned: $177
Baby safety devices broken: 2
Baby safety devices accidentally broken by cops: 1
Thankful Varacalli’s: 3
Tags: crime, happenings
Yoiks!
Scary stuff and I’m very happy it all worked out.
Did the cops know the perp was there when they responded in force like that?
They strongly suspected he was still in the place. Also helps that we’re only a few blocks from a police station.
Nice catch. ;-)
Luckily, haven’t had the joy of experiencing that as an adult. When I was a kid both apartment buildings we lived in got robbed.