by Colleen Levine » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:31 am
Someone attempted to break in to my home via a front gate on Monday, December 10, between 10:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. I believe this happened earlier, rather than later, as when I spoke to the two officers who responded to my call they said someone HAD been broken into a few blocks away between 10:30-2. I should have asked what street it happened on, but according to one of the officers, if we were to draw a line from my house to where the other happened, it was a straight shot. (Rio del Mar runs behind Cassayre just off Hwy 29 if you are not aware of the area, and he was pointing in that direction.)
Our street is very well-traveled. This occurred during the day, and the attempt made through a gate facing the street in clear site. Quite brazen, for lack of using other words!
I believe they were stopped by my rotweiler who was there to greet them. They got the gate broken to the point of opening it about six inches, and had full access with another push or two of the table. It all must have been making quite the noise between the wood braking, and then the gate and the rod iron table moving against the pebbled-cement in that area of the yard. Again, quite brazen of them. But luckily they did and it got her attention and she was on it. (And I thank my neighbor Ralph for coming over and nailing the you-know-what out of the gate so it’s strong again, albeit nailed completely shut, which works for me right now.)
I wanted everyone to be aware that this has happened and ask that they please keep their eyes out for themselves as well as their neighbors. If you see something that doesn’t look right, make a call. It could save a family from heartache and feeling unsafe in their own home - or uncomfortable leaving it because they have to go to work. And perhaps one of the officers reading this could please fill us in with the street the officer had been referring to that had the break in. I completely feel for that household as I know I did not sleep well at all last night thinking about it, and I was the luckier one.
Also, I have a question for the ACPD regarding dogs vs. a trespasser:
Someone told me that if a person breaks in - I consider this coming over your fence line, not on an open front yard area - and your dog hurts them and you do not have a BEWARE OF DOG sign posted, you are liable for their injuries. Is this correct? Do all dog owners have to have that sign posted to avoid litigation?
On my property you can see my dog when it comes to the rod iron gate, which is apparently something this person(s) did not do and came directly to the side gate. This does tell me that they were not scoping out my home as my dog makes herself known if you are in front of my home and she does not know you. I have never posted one of those signs because she’s usually in plain site in the courtyard where her bed is, and if they didn’t see her and decided to make an unwelcomed visit over the fence, that’s their own stupid fault. But I want to cover my backside as this could be one of those totally backwards protecting the criminal clauses that dog and property owners should be aware of.
Thanks!
Someone attempted to break in to my home via a front gate on Monday, December 10, between 10:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. I believe this happened earlier, rather than later, as when I spoke to the two officers who responded to my call they said someone HAD been broken into a few blocks away between 10:30-2. I should have asked what street it happened on, but according to one of the officers, if we were to draw a line from my house to where the other happened, it was a straight shot. (Rio del Mar runs behind Cassayre just off Hwy 29 if you are not aware of the area, and he was pointing in that direction.)
Our street is very well-traveled. This occurred during the day, and the attempt made through a gate facing the street in clear site. Quite brazen, for lack of using other words!
I believe they were stopped by my rotweiler who was there to greet them. They got the gate broken to the point of opening it about six inches, and had full access with another push or two of the table. It all must have been making quite the noise between the wood braking, and then the gate and the rod iron table moving against the pebbled-cement in that area of the yard. Again, quite brazen of them. But luckily they did and it got her attention and she was on it. (And I thank my neighbor Ralph for coming over and nailing the you-know-what out of the gate so it’s strong again, albeit nailed completely shut, which works for me right now.)
I wanted everyone to be aware that this has happened and ask that they please keep their eyes out for themselves as well as their neighbors. If you see something that doesn’t look right, make a call. It could save a family from heartache and feeling unsafe in their own home - or uncomfortable leaving it because they have to go to work. And perhaps one of the officers reading this could please fill us in with the street the officer had been referring to that had the break in. I completely feel for that household as I know I did not sleep well at all last night thinking about it, and I was the luckier one.
Also, I have a question for the ACPD regarding dogs vs. a trespasser:
Someone told me that if a person breaks in - I consider this coming over your fence line, not on an open front yard area - and your dog hurts them and you do not have a BEWARE OF DOG sign posted, you are liable for their injuries. Is this correct? Do all dog owners have to have that sign posted to avoid litigation?
On my property you can see my dog when it comes to the rod iron gate, which is apparently something this person(s) did not do and came directly to the side gate. This does tell me that they were not scoping out my home as my dog makes herself known if you are in front of my home and she does not know you. I have never posted one of those signs because she’s usually in plain site in the courtyard where her bed is, and if they didn’t see her and decided to make an unwelcomed visit over the fence, that’s their own stupid fault. But I want to cover my backside as this could be one of those totally backwards protecting the criminal clauses that dog and property owners should be aware of.
Thanks!