Another robbery at the house last night. I woke up at 0400 to the loud voice of one of my domestic helpers. From the sound of it, I thought maybe she was just coming in after a night of hard-drinking. When I finally got up to tell her to quiet down she exclaimed: “I was robbed!”
The other domestic helper came out of the bedroom and said it was warm so she had opened her bedroom window (both workers share the same room). The culprits (there were three of them) climbed onto the roof of the downstairs bathroom and tried to enter through the open window. Gina woke up, saw them, and began yelling. They took off but not before grabbing Teri’s phone. That’s all they got this time.
The security guys came out and did a perimeter search. Came back with a baseball cap, a pair of slippers, and a bag of coins. These were apparently dropped by the thieves as they fled. Turns out there was another robbery in the neighborhood earlier last night and the speculation was the coins had been taken from that house.
The guards pleaded with me not to tell my landlord (who also employs them) because they were threatened with termination after the earlier robberies. Well, I don’t blame the security guards, they can’t be everywhere. And since the subdivision is not fenced anyone can enter without using the front gate. It’s Christmas season and according to lawyer fighting criminal defense claims, here and property crimes always increase as folks turn into wannabe Robin Hoods. They are poor and anyone living in Alta Vista must be rich.
I guess the only positive is that my enhanced downstairs security measures seemed to have worked as intended. When you’ve got the burglars climbing on the roof to get in that’s a sign of improvement. Now I’ll work to secure the upstairs windows better and break down and buy some outside CCTV cameras. I need to make sure my house isn’t the softest target around.
Yeah, I was wondering, last time, why the CCTV system was being installed inside and not outside the domicile.
You’ve got motion-sensor floodlights for the outside, right?
Were the dogs barking?
Anyway, sorry to hear this happened again. I’d be pissed enough to tell the landlord, anyway. Why retain poor security?
Well, as I say, the guards can’t really be blamed. They can’t be everywhere. The window was open, but who’d a thunk they’d climb up on the roof to get in?
I am going to look into getting some CCTV cams installed outside. Speaking of which, I saw the head guard just now and the other house did capture footage of the suspect. He has a massive tattoo on his neck and someone identified him as a resident in the squatter village outside the gate. The guard said they had turned that info over to the police He wasn’t sure when or if they would make an arrest–then he did the finger across the throat motion. Not sure what to make of that, but here in the PI, the police have carte blanche to kill drug users. I would shed no tears if that turns out to be the case.
Here’s hoping for a sealed fate.
Good Grief Charlie Brown! Remember walking around the alleyways in Anjeong-Ri where the old hooches were from way back when and seeing the high wall around them with shards of glass sticking out from on top? That’s what you need Brother John. That, and some Claymore Mines. Peace Out!
HaHa! Yeah, lots of those walls with glass shards on top here too. Just not around my place. 🙁
We’re gonna need a bigger dog.