[Chat] Attempted break in

[Judy Berlin]

watch out for this gang on halloween.  my neighbor was beat up last 
halloween and a haunted house on calvert street was trashed by same.

judy



On Oct 13, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Eric A. Perlman wrote:

> There have been a lot of rocks, bottles, etc. thrown around our block
> lately.   At first, I found it entertaining how one of the teenagers
> chucked an open bottle of orange juice into my yard, which managed to
> land perfectly in the fish pond as to float without it getting in
> the water, phew...  I don't think fish like OJ.
>
> But the next two glass bottles that I found way into my yard -- a good
> 30 feet or more from the fence -- have me ticked off.
>
> I also noticed two rocks sitting on the roof portion over
> my front porch -- definitely new as I had the roof recoated
> a month ago -- again, I didn't think much of it, but now it
> seems obvious that someone was trying to hit the windows...
>
> I half wonder if this is the same group of 13-17 year olds
> whose favorite hobby on Friday and Tuesday nights is knocking
> over every single trash can in the neighborhood...
>
> Your annoyed neighbor across the street,
> Eric
>
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 08:01:32AM -0700, Greg Alexander wrote:
>> I'm sorry to hear that Kathleen.  I know that is quite scary.  We got 
>> a call on at 9 on Saturday
>> night from our alarm company (we were at PJs enjoying a pizza and 
>> beer) that our alarm was going
>> off.  My partner and a friend came home to check on it as we assumed 
>> that it was a false alarm.
>> No, in fact, as someone threw a rock through the front window 
>> breaking the storm and main window
>> (luckily we have glass break sensors on the windows).  The cops were 
>> great (they actually got here
>> the same time as Paul who was only seven blocks away).  They searched 
>> the entire house but they
>> believe that it was probably just vandalism as it would not make 
>> sense for a break-in attempt to
>> break a front window at 9 on a Saturday and only use a small rock.  I 
>> did not sleep on Saturday
>> but have adjusted now.  It has been more of an inconvenience that 
>> anything else having to replace
>> the glass in both windows.
>>
>> Stay safe!
>>
>> -Greg
>>
>>
>>
>> --- Kathleen Wilsbach <kwilsbach at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Sunday night someone attempted to break into our back second floor
>>> bedroom.  Emil was already in bed (about 2:30 AM) but I had gotten
>>> up to check a scheduling problem I thought I might have Monday and
>>> was on the computer in the front second floor room.  Emil called to
>>> me asking if I had heard something.  I called back that I hadn't.
>>> We chalked it up to noise from next door or out in the alley.
>>>
>>> The next day when I pulled up the blinds in the bedroom, a small
>>> flower pot on our outside bedroom windowsill had been moved.
>>> Then I noticed that the screen was pushed up and a plastic
>>> chair on the balcony was moved to be in front of the window
>>> (so someone could stand on it presumably).  We did call 311
>>> and they send a couple of officers to come and look.  They
>>> were very nice but didn't take a report.  They said they'd
>>> make a note to put our house on some sort of special watch
>>> list for a couple of nights.
>>>
>>> We don't have stairs from our back 1st floor deck to the second
>>> floor one but the house next door is 3 apartment so they have
>>> connecting steps (required by fire law to have a back exit from every
>>> apartment).  I assume the person came up there stairs and climbed
>>> over the rail separating our two decks but was then scared
>>> away when Emil called to me.  Very scary.  So, be aware and watchful.
>>>
>>> -Kathleen
>>> -- 
>>> Kathleen Wilsbach
>>> kwilsbach at mac.com
>>>
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