I had to run out today to the grocery store and because I was only going to be gone for a few minutes, I didn’t bother to take my house keys or lock the door. I have two dogs and so I figure that since they FREAK out whenever even I come home that they would deter someone who was going to come in sans permission….I am ashamed to say this is kind of a common practice….Don’t come and rob me now, kay?
So, I pull into the driveway and I find a note curled up in my doorknob…either a take-out menu or a note from the property management telling us that the water will be shut down temporarily at such and such time…I get out of the car and pluck the note from its resting place:
“Dear Resident:
Please see the attached press release from the Newport Beach Police Department. We encourage you to call the number on the press release if you recognize anybody that fits the description - or see any other suspicious behavior.”
And so I look to the attached sheet…here is the e-version of what I found.
Ok, so if you read the description of what the guy did…it’s kind of funny:
On Sunday, June 22, at approximately 10:00 a.m., an unknown suspect entered an unlocked apartment in the 1700 block of Marguerite. The suspect told the resident that he was on a fraternity scavenger hunt and had to dance for the resident. Upon completing his dance, the suspect hugged the resident and placed his hand on her buttocks. A similar incident occurred on April 12, 2008 in the 700 block of Begonia in Corona del Mar. A similarly described suspect had entered the unlocked residence and told the residents he was in a fraternity and had to dance for them. The suspect touched one of the resident’s hands prior to leaving.
Alright, so here’s the thing that really hit me: “an unknown suspect entered an unlocked apartment”
Got it. LOCK DOORS. Message received LOUD AND CLEAR. Thankyouverymuch.
But it doesn’t stop there…
So, I had left the television on for the girls while I was doing things today and when I returned, the show “It Takes a Thief” was on. The show basically allows ex-thieves to break into someone’s house…the people agree to allow to have their house broken into, of course…it kind of tests their “security” or shows them how unsecured their home really is. They get ransacked, crap gets broken…and their stuff? Gone!
Well, I walked into the living room in the midst of the “robbery”, and just as a woman walked unsuspectingly into the home where the “burglar” was hiding. She was just walking around the house without a CLUE that the guy was still in there. EEK! OMG! They showed him peering around the corner at her as she went on about her business. SERIOUSLY!? CRAP!
Ok, I GET IT! Say no more! I-will-lock-the-door. What if that “robber” had been a “sexual predator”? I mean robbery is bad enough…As the robber later explained, there was only one way in and one way out of this townhouse…if someone felt threatened by the person in the house, it could have been a lot worse…and there is only one way in and one way out of our home as well.
Needless to say, this was just the kick in the pants I needed to ramp up my personal security.
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