Some late breaking news. I was recently contacted about a break-in which occurred on 12 Jan 2015, just one day before the Hrivnak’s break-in. The homeowner believes the burglars had a vehicle for a number of reasons. (1) It appeared that they wanted to remove a wall mounted flat screen TV but could not get it off the wall (2) They used an aluminum ladder to gain access to the backyard deck, where they forced open a door. (The ladder did not belong to the homeowner and was not stolen from a neighbor, so they must have brought it with them.) The ladder was abandoned at the scene, along with a half eaten popcorn ball, after the alarm went off, .
There were tool marks around the locks of all doors accessible from the ground, and they ripped open a bathroom window screen, but then probably thought the window too hard to open. They pulled open the homeowner’s shed window, but the door of the shed has a heavy key lock on the outside, so they could not open it to take things out.
There were other similarities to the Hrivnak’s break-in. Probably the same team. Women’s boots were taken, and the burglar took off her old high heeled boots and left them after switching to the homeowner’s lavender UGG boots.
Anyway the incident happened on 120th Street East, at precisely 1130 hrs, 12 Jan 2015, because that is when the alarm tripped. The homeowners and their neighbors how have cameras and the homeowners are now on our Alert Notification Roster.
A comment from the homeowner about home security: “One thing we learned is that if only one sensor goes off, the alarm center cannot call the police. Two sensors have to trigger for the police to be notified. So think about that when evaluating your own home security.”
Lastly I’m informed that Celebration Lutheran sent out an e-mail about a break-in which happened on 3 or 4 March. Unfortunately we do not have a location. The burglars again entered through a dog door. This just reinforces the opinion that dog doors are an invitation to burglars.