At 2:00 am I was awaken by several rapid doorbell rings. I was alone because my wife was out of town seeing her parents. I got my CZ BD 9 mm and quietly went to the foyer and looked out the side window. Nobody. Went to the back door and no one there also, but the outside motion sensor light was on.
Waited and listened at a point near the back door, and the bell rang again 10 minutes later. Again, I saw no one out the window. At that point I picked up the landline to call 911 but had no dial tone. Grabbed my cell phone and 911 dispatched the police. At that point I finally realized I better signal to whoever was outside that someone was home, and I went to an adjacent room and turned on the lights. Those lights would not compromise my location if the door was kicked in but would be visible outside and MIGHT deter a break-in??
Anyhow, I positioned myself to have a good position to cover the back door if it was kicked in. The cops showed up 10 minutes later. They walked around my house and sure enough, my landline phone lines had been ripped from the building.
More info: I had two visible vehicles in the driveway. House must have looked occupied. Also, we have a local alarm system and their decals and signs all around the house. Were these guys just looking for a B&E? Or waiting for me to open the door and then push their way in? Cutting the lines seems kind of dumb since everybody has a cell phone, and our alarm system, like many others, communicates via radio signal to the monitoring station. A B&E with two vehicles in driveway at 2:00 in the morning with a house that has an alarm system that will make a lot of noise to the many close neighbors does not make sense to me. What in the hell were these guys up to?
Finally, after the two cops left, the guys did not leave the area. They must have been hiding in a nearby wooded area. They then went to a neighbors house and rang his doorbell. He answered the door, saw no one, and he had no other incidents that night.
The behavior of these people does not seem rational to me - maybe they were "chemically impaired" or perhaps just stupid. Any opinions as to their motive?
Waited and listened at a point near the back door, and the bell rang again 10 minutes later. Again, I saw no one out the window. At that point I picked up the landline to call 911 but had no dial tone. Grabbed my cell phone and 911 dispatched the police. At that point I finally realized I better signal to whoever was outside that someone was home, and I went to an adjacent room and turned on the lights. Those lights would not compromise my location if the door was kicked in but would be visible outside and MIGHT deter a break-in??
Anyhow, I positioned myself to have a good position to cover the back door if it was kicked in. The cops showed up 10 minutes later. They walked around my house and sure enough, my landline phone lines had been ripped from the building.
More info: I had two visible vehicles in the driveway. House must have looked occupied. Also, we have a local alarm system and their decals and signs all around the house. Were these guys just looking for a B&E? Or waiting for me to open the door and then push their way in? Cutting the lines seems kind of dumb since everybody has a cell phone, and our alarm system, like many others, communicates via radio signal to the monitoring station. A B&E with two vehicles in driveway at 2:00 in the morning with a house that has an alarm system that will make a lot of noise to the many close neighbors does not make sense to me. What in the hell were these guys up to?
Finally, after the two cops left, the guys did not leave the area. They must have been hiding in a nearby wooded area. They then went to a neighbors house and rang his doorbell. He answered the door, saw no one, and he had no other incidents that night.
The behavior of these people does not seem rational to me - maybe they were "chemically impaired" or perhaps just stupid. Any opinions as to their motive?
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