Jan 04 2009
A serious post.
While living up in Rockford, we had lived in a not so safe part of town. I loved the duplex as it was very spacious and we got to paint it the way we wanted. We had lived there for about 6 months when one night I had gotten home from work. Went in and changed clothes because we were going out to eat. As we go to get in the car, right away we noticed something was wrong. The glove compartment was hanging open, papers everywhere and the radio was gone. In that instant, my life felt violated because it had just happened. It was less than 2 minutes, tops. And our world was destroyed. My then Husband, now Ex. Was so mad, as it was his truck and his new radio. We called the cops, filed a report and they had mentioned that we needed some type of security system not only for our vehicle but for our home as well. I didn't know what they meant at the time but my Husband did. He mentioned getting a home security system. But little did I know what was going to happen next.
Our home was then broken into, our neighbors house was broken into and a couple houses away we also broken into all in one night. You would think they would of caught the suspect right? It actually took a home security system to catch the person of interest. Come to find out, it was our NEXT door neighbor's Grandson who lived under their back porch. They found him from the alarms going off and a foot chase which ended in his home under the porch. But they didn't find any of the other items looted. They found so much crack on this person he was a danger to everyone.
The security system that was used, not only alerted the owners but the authorities as well. I am grateful that these people had taken the time to protect their home because it also helped stop this person from doing any more crimes. Protecting your family is priceless and having that little pad on the wall, knowing your protected at any cost is worth it.
I just wished we had it the first time something had happened, cause maybe we could of stopped him and helped this person with his addiction.
I just wished we had it the first time something had happened, cause maybe we could of stopped him and helped this person with his addiction.
