Jblack44
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After reading another post about someones attempted home break-in. I wanted to share my story.
To start off, I've had things stolen in the past(bicycle, dirt bike, truck). You feel violated that's for sure. Someone has taken your property. It happens to a lot of people.
The only other run in I've had with a criminal was my house being broken into and the guy was in the house when I got home. This was before I carried a firearm.
I lived with my wife in a city that bordered the city of Detroit. Like many, in the "good days" it was home to a lot of good hard working people. But times change. It was a small house with no garage, so I was looking into having a garage built. I was meeting a contractor to get an estiment for the new garage. I told him I would meet him on my lunch hour since I worked about 15 minutes from home. Both my wife and I work, so nobody is normaly around during the day.
I arrived a few minutes before the contractor was to show up. I pulled in the drive and was about to go inside, but figured I'd just stay in the car and wait since there was no reason to go in. A couple minutes later he shows up and we talk for a minute in the drive. We walk to the back where there's a gate. Just as we get to the back of the house we both see someone hanging from the bathroom window!:what: I yell at the guy as he jumps down and runs to the opposite side of the house and jumps the fence back to the front. I tell the contractor to call 911 and I take off chasing the guy! Looking back I know how stupid this was, but I was pissed off! :X
He was probably 50yds in front of me running down the street with me calling him every name in the book! :cuss:Before he gets to the corner I see him reach in his pocket then point something at me. I don't know if it was a gun or not, he was too far away to tell. I jumped behind the nearest tree and stayed there, as he rounded the corner and was gone. Again stupid of me to chase this guy! It could of turned out bad for me.
Two police cars where there fast and one took off in the direction the guy ran. I went back to the house with the other. The cop entered the house with gun drawn and cleared the house. It was empty. The contractor gave his statement and took off knowing there was no business to be had that day. A detective showed up and we went through the home to see if anything was taken. Luckly nothing was.We figured that he had just broken in when I arrived, since there was jewelry in plain sight that cuold of been grabbed easily. He told me that I was very lucky that I didn't enter the house with this guy still in there! No kidding! Hemust ofseen us talk in the driveway and knew we weren't leaving, so he ended up going out the way he came in, the broken window in the back of the house. We found a large rack that was used.
The second car came back and didn't find anyone. Sothey completed the investigation and went on there way. Needless to say I ran through several emotions after the fact. Angry that my home was violated by some punk. Grateful that I was safe and my wife and children weren't around. Helpless that someone was able to violate my personal space. But the biggest thing was the reality that it can happen to anyone at anytime!
We ended up moving the next month. I know that there is always a chance that it could happen again. But I try and prepare myself for that event if it ever does.
After reading another post about someones attempted home break-in. I wanted to share my story.
To start off, I've had things stolen in the past(bicycle, dirt bike, truck). You feel violated that's for sure. Someone has taken your property. It happens to a lot of people.
The only other run in I've had with a criminal was my house being broken into and the guy was in the house when I got home. This was before I carried a firearm.
I lived with my wife in a city that bordered the city of Detroit. Like many, in the "good days" it was home to a lot of good hard working people. But times change. It was a small house with no garage, so I was looking into having a garage built. I was meeting a contractor to get an estiment for the new garage. I told him I would meet him on my lunch hour since I worked about 15 minutes from home. Both my wife and I work, so nobody is normaly around during the day.
I arrived a few minutes before the contractor was to show up. I pulled in the drive and was about to go inside, but figured I'd just stay in the car and wait since there was no reason to go in. A couple minutes later he shows up and we talk for a minute in the drive. We walk to the back where there's a gate. Just as we get to the back of the house we both see someone hanging from the bathroom window!:what: I yell at the guy as he jumps down and runs to the opposite side of the house and jumps the fence back to the front. I tell the contractor to call 911 and I take off chasing the guy! Looking back I know how stupid this was, but I was pissed off! :X
He was probably 50yds in front of me running down the street with me calling him every name in the book! :cuss:Before he gets to the corner I see him reach in his pocket then point something at me. I don't know if it was a gun or not, he was too far away to tell. I jumped behind the nearest tree and stayed there, as he rounded the corner and was gone. Again stupid of me to chase this guy! It could of turned out bad for me.
Two police cars where there fast and one took off in the direction the guy ran. I went back to the house with the other. The cop entered the house with gun drawn and cleared the house. It was empty. The contractor gave his statement and took off knowing there was no business to be had that day. A detective showed up and we went through the home to see if anything was taken. Luckly nothing was.We figured that he had just broken in when I arrived, since there was jewelry in plain sight that cuold of been grabbed easily. He told me that I was very lucky that I didn't enter the house with this guy still in there! No kidding! Hemust ofseen us talk in the driveway and knew we weren't leaving, so he ended up going out the way he came in, the broken window in the back of the house. We found a large rack that was used.
The second car came back and didn't find anyone. Sothey completed the investigation and went on there way. Needless to say I ran through several emotions after the fact. Angry that my home was violated by some punk. Grateful that I was safe and my wife and children weren't around. Helpless that someone was able to violate my personal space. But the biggest thing was the reality that it can happen to anyone at anytime!
We ended up moving the next month. I know that there is always a chance that it could happen again. But I try and prepare myself for that event if it ever does.