The home invasion in The Villages when the Village of LaBelle was new, never heard all the facts or any conclusion, or even if the perpetrators were caught. It was August 2016 in Harlow Villas, a 64 year old woman answered the door, two fellas in dress clothes and ties and one holding a clipboard rushed in. They took her dog to the garage and killed it and stole some things, one being a gun which they knew exactly where the gun was kept. This made me think they had been there before and maybe were workers on a job. Which is why it's always good to be careful about the contractors you hire. There is still a ten page thread on this website, no news clippings anymore. I was wondering it was ever resolved.
I looked back at the thread, and I made a comment that the newly installed cameras at LaBelle gate would be useful in catching them, and someone posted that you can get into LaBelle without going through the gate, but they never said how. I have golfing friend that lives in LaBelle and from I see, the gate is the only way to get a car into LaBelle, unless you drive across a golf course.
Awful Home Invasion
Now, that I look up this story, LaBelle has had it's share of problems. In July of 2018 it was where the LaBelle CC bandit was holdup at his girlfriend's parents home, and the Sumter Deputies used a tank to bust open the window and then perpetrator took off in a car through the closed garage door, and eventually was caught on Micro-Racetrack Rd. This just goes to show, violent crime can happen anywhere.