Break-in
On Wednesday October 11 around 5:50 AM I got another uninvited visitor for the second time this year, I was awaken by some noise in my kitchen when I peeked I saw a burglar standing in the kitchen wearing a hood he (I presume that it was a male) was about 5.5 ft tall and wearing shoes, for a burglar you would think he would be wearing runners for better traction for a quick get way.
I did not want to tackle the burglar afraid of what I might do to him or what he might do to me, I yelled out for the burglar to get the hell out, if I had known that the burglar had taken my wallet I might have reacted differently the burglar scattered out thru the back door very quickly, (The last burglar just took the cash in the wallet) I quickly locked the back door and checked the rest of the house to see if there was anyone else, everything was ok, I started to look to see what items the burglar had taken, first one was my wallet with my ID and visa, bank card, etc and five dollars in cash, latter I found out that the burglar had taken a small bottle of essence.
The word must be out that they can use the pet door to gain access; once again I forgot to lock the back door with the padlock and turn on the alarm system.
I could have closed the pet door but the cat drives me crazy when he can’t run outside at night, and for the dog well he is a Shih Tzu and he never was a yapper regardless if you were friendly or foe, he just kept on snoring while the burglar was standing two feet away from him, glad he didn’t hurt him because he is blind, deaf and too old he is just waiting for greener pastures.
The first time that this happened it took a long time to readjust and have a good nights sleep any little noise would awaken me and my heart would be pumping like crazy, I never taught that they would return, but I think that if there is a next time I hope to be awakened before the burglar enters the house and prepare myself for confronting him and that the outcome will have to be a deterrent to stop them from victimizing me once again.
I did report it to the police but there is nothing they can do, it would be a waste of their time to investigate this break in.
Phones should be equipped with a silent option key that will not make a sound when pressing the keys. Otherwise when you start dialing the burglar will ear the phone being used, my phone makes a noise when turned on and when pressing a key.