[rivergirl409]

Originally Posted by Indydealmaker

Most of the time, community watch vehicles speed up and down our court so fast that there is no way they could even see an open door.

LOL - They have come around my cul-de-sac so fast their vehicle is on two wheels.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by rivergirl409

LOL - They have come around my cul-de-sac so fast their vehicle is on two wheels.

Bad driving from the little white trucks????????????

That isn't our experience at all. Kudo's to The Village Watch. They...well...they watch.

[NotGolfer]

I heard this whole story at the rec center....'someone who lives by someone, who got robbed told someone'....so again this is how stories perpetuate. I'm not negating the whole thing as not being true as it maybe is. BUT on a social network like this...it's like that old game of "telephone" we played as kids. By the time it gets around, the whole thing is much different than the original happening.

Will we keep our garage door up...probably!

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by Mimivillager

How annoying is that motion censor when you are working around your garage? I might be interested in getting one.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that part. It is a bit annoying. If you can, try to put the sensor outside of the garage.

[Halibut]

I wonder if it's the same group of thieves targeting TV? I doesn't seem like it would typically be attractive to burglars because there are too many neighbors around during the day.

Community Watch knocked at a friend's house one night recently to let them know their garage door was open ... they in fact had forgotten to close it and weren't aware. They also had a problem with their opener controlling their neighbor's door. Resetting the code didn't help and they had to get the door repair guy out.

[buggyone]

Personally, I would take any story like this with a grain of salt. There is the police incident report one day a week in the Daily Sun that gives where burglaries, robberies, etc are reported. I have not seen any reports of homes in The Villages being the victims of crimes.

Let the bashing of the Daily Sun begin!

[mickey100]

A couple of years ago there was a "rumor" about a woman's house being robbed of jewelry, her safe was broken into if I recall. A few weeks after I heard the rumor, I happened to be standing in line to sign up for a golf tournament, and I heard two people talking, and one of them was the actual woman who had been robbed. So yes, it does happen here, don't fool yourselves.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by mickey100

A couple of years ago there was a "rumor" about a woman's house being robbed of jewelry, her safe was broken into if I recall. A few weeks after I heard the rumor, I happened to be standing in line to sign up for a golf tournament, and I heard two people talking, and one of them was the actual woman who had been robbed. So yes, it does happen here, don't fool yourselves.

I also believe that just like anywhere else, there ARE some faked burglaries and insurance fraud going on. There are all kinds of ways to be bad.

[DENNIS G]

Originally Posted by buggyone

Personally, I would take any story like this with a grain of salt. There is the police incident report one day a week in the Daily Sun that gives where burglaries, robberies, etc are reported. I have not seen any reports of homes in The Villages being the victims of crimes.

Let the bashing of the Daily Sun begin!

YOU WON'T SEE THIS IN THE VILLAGES DAILY SUN only outside the villages

[deegeek]

Harbor Freight Tools sells wireless driveway alert systems. Battery operated. I fasten the outside unit with a plastic tie to my light post. Inside unit can be turned on and off. About $20.00

[billethkid]

100,000 plus residents....there just has to be somebody doing something wrong or bad every day......but we should think about the other 99,999 of us that didn't (that day).

And we all know nobody would tell a tall tale or bend the truth.....no siree bob....not on an anonymous forum right

btk

[duffysmom]

I find it hard to understand why people have a hard time believing the fact that there are robberies in TV. There are 100,000 people living here and opportunists abound. Recently I was having my garage floor painted and left some items out on the lawn, guess what, someone came along and took a trunk in broad daylight. I know, you want to tell me he thought it was garbage; I myself would never ASSUME that something on the lawn was fair pickins. It was obvious that work was being done on the driveway as well as the garage floor. I consider this a trivial matter but i also know my home and person need to be protected at all times by being vigilent and locking doors. It's the only intelligent thing to do.

[DougB]

Darn kids

[Vet69]

That's what Glock's are used for!

[graciegirl]

It isn't that I don't think that crimes can and are committed here. I just also know that many rumors are started and catch on like wild fire.

I originally thought, when reading the first post that it could have been this story somehow retold. Same area.

Sad to report - golf cart theft....