Buddy got his wife's laptop stolen last night and is lucky that's all that went wrong with his night.
In a nutshell the story is that he took his young daughter to another person's house for a family sleepover. The kids in both families are really young so the parents also stayed over. Buddy's wife brought her laptop to get some work done.
In the middle of the night my buddy could not sleep so he decided to go home and not wanting to wake anyone he left through the garage door. Apparently some bad guys were trolling the neighborhood and saw the open garage door and stripped the garage clean. Then they tried the kitchen door and gained access to the house, quietly taking the laptop on the kitchen table and the kids's backpacks. The host remembers hearing noise but had a house full of guests and did not investigate.
This morning everyone wakes up and all is gone. Sheriff comes by and tells them that they were lucky not to have challenged the burglars as they are mostly armed these days and very dangerous.
Buddy is miffed about the laptop, kids upset about their stolen bags (only clothes and toothbrushes but for kids it's a big deal) and everyone is a bit shook up.
So remember kiddies, bad guys abound and one failure in your perimeter and you can get taken. They are exceedingly lucky in that they were not hurt or harmed worse. But if you have guests over, you might want to talk about not leaving the doors unlocked, or waking you if they have to leave, etc.
Times are tight and getting tighter. Stay alert!
In a nutshell the story is that he took his young daughter to another person's house for a family sleepover. The kids in both families are really young so the parents also stayed over. Buddy's wife brought her laptop to get some work done.
In the middle of the night my buddy could not sleep so he decided to go home and not wanting to wake anyone he left through the garage door. Apparently some bad guys were trolling the neighborhood and saw the open garage door and stripped the garage clean. Then they tried the kitchen door and gained access to the house, quietly taking the laptop on the kitchen table and the kids's backpacks. The host remembers hearing noise but had a house full of guests and did not investigate.
This morning everyone wakes up and all is gone. Sheriff comes by and tells them that they were lucky not to have challenged the burglars as they are mostly armed these days and very dangerous.
Buddy is miffed about the laptop, kids upset about their stolen bags (only clothes and toothbrushes but for kids it's a big deal) and everyone is a bit shook up.
So remember kiddies, bad guys abound and one failure in your perimeter and you can get taken. They are exceedingly lucky in that they were not hurt or harmed worse. But if you have guests over, you might want to talk about not leaving the doors unlocked, or waking you if they have to leave, etc.
Times are tight and getting tighter. Stay alert!