Another dead giveaway is to see a car parked in driveway with a sign that says something on the order of "home sitter". I've always told my wife when I see one that those people are away and have hired a sitter and hope someone canvasing the neighborhood doesn't see it.
I think actually that these robberies are happening to people that are living there but not home. If you are gone for the summer you wouldn't leave cash and jewelry there.

I love this response.:a040:

Being from New York burbs and CT respectively, I must have to respectfully, agree to disagree. The amount of crime here in TV, is nowhere as bad as those two states.

I agree they will follow the money if they are professional but most crimes are not professional in reality. there are a lot of smash and grab, type crimes today.

We must as vigilant as possible to secure are homes from unprofessional thieves. Professional thieves will know how to defeat security systems, and nothing will stop them.

Armed violence is another story. IMHO

The world has changed my dear. If home and someone breaks in, I will shoot. Please read the paper and watch the news. People are killed for a pair of sneakers. I rather take the risk. Losing in court is nothing to you or your loved one losing your life. Exactly why I keep a couple loaded .38s around, learned to shoot and practice shooting.

:agree: I would like to think that most of us will be cautious, watch out for each other and use common sense.

IMHO, having loaded guns around could work against you. :eek:

Both suspects are in custody. Both twenty years old. Admitted to another recent burglary.

Looks like not the first time, for this one:

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BURGLARY WITH A FIREARM-OCCUPIED DWELLING

burglary with fire arm occupied dwelling. He is lucky he is alive.
 

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InformationNameDerreon Levon WareLocationLady Lake, FLAge18 years Booking Date02-15-2013
Booking ChargesLF BURGLARY WITH A FIREARM-OCCUPIED DWELLINGLF ROBBERY WITH FIREARMTF GRAND THEFT

He is one year younger than our grandson, who has worked after school and summers since he was 16, got a full academic scholarship to college.


This person has a beautiful face, obviously is clever enough to plan and pull off these things, and could have been so different.


It fills me with rage that this is happening over and over.

Can't be too clever. Look where he's at now. He should have lied real stiff in the car, police may have thought he was just a mop.

There have been previous posts about being suspicious about contractors working in The Villages. While I do believe we all need to be cautious, that has always made me cringe a little bit because I believe that 98% of contractors are very honest.

In this case, according to the online newspaper, a pest control guy was the one who called 911 about the suspicious happenings. YAY for the contractors that help keep our community safe. Now I'll go hide. :throwtomatoes:

You are right of course. No reason to hide. Having an unprecedented rise in break in's causes us all to be somewhat nervous. And ready to look around suspiciously at everyone.

It was reported in a comment at on-line news that there were two break-ins at Bridgeport at Laurel Valley this week, Wed or Thurs. Reportedly, these were two adjoining properties that are owned by the same person, who had just left the day before. Nothing in the news about these home invasions.

Home invasions?

Home invasion is a term used in the United States to describe illegal and usually forceful entry to an occupied, private dwelling with violent intent to commit a crime against the occupants, such as robbery, assault, rape, murder, or kidnapping.[1][2] In some jurisdictions, there is a defined crime of home invasion; in others, there is no crime defined as home invasion, but events that accompany the invasion are charged as crimes