5:45 this AM, Drachillix left for work and I snuggled back to sleep, waking at 8:30 and think—day off, WalMart for an oil change! Up and dressed and leaving the house at 9:15, I don’t see my keys on the kitchen counter, I see the back door standing open…odd. And, where’s my car? I know I parked in front of the house… Fresno PD was here by 10:00, dusting for prints, Drachillix was home to change the locks and somewhere out there, someone who walked into my kitchen while I slept is driving my car. Someone who left a tallboy beer can with a straw in it by the back door.
I’m as freaked out as I can be.
{{{Cyn}}}
How terrifying! I hope the perp is caught soon!
Geez, Cyn, how creepy.
I can’t imagine how invaded you must feel. Freaked? Yeah, I’d be freaked, too.
(hug) {Cyn} (/hug)
They’ll find him, and hopefully they’ll beat him.
Best of wishes to you.
Wow! Im really sorry. They can’t go one forever with your car though and a car is hard to hide. Good luck, your in my thoughts and prayers tonight! hugs
good heavens!
that is so frightening. i’ll be keeping y’all in my thoughts and prayers. i hope you don’t have too many sleepless nights over this.
You may wish to request police surveillance of your house tonight. Whoever it was that entered got a look at your possessions and the general layout. They may come back for more. If you have a friend with a large dog, you may wish to ask them to stay over.
I hope all of this comes out well for you.
Someone stealing your car is no big deal. Hell, someone breaking into your house isn’t really that big of a deal.
Waking up and realizing someone has been in your house while you were there - sleeping, no less - now that sends shivers down my spine.
I hope they catch the creep.
How did the intruder get into the house?
Please please please tighten up the security of your house as much as possible. There was a story here today of a woman whose house was broken into twice in the same week (probably by the same person), and the second time she was killed. I’m not trying to freak you out any more than you already are, I just want to emphasize that it can happen a second time. The person may come back since he has your keys.
Cyn, while submitting a twisted sequential thread title set, I saw your own thread hovering around on page three.
Please let us know if everything is all right. Did they find your car? Have they caught the perp? Did the cops watch over your house?
Most of all, please let us know that you’re all right.
Zenster
That’s terrible!! I do hope you are okay.
Another thing–at your local DIY store, you can usually find fake alarm system stickers to put on your doors and windows. They’re cheap, too. Like $5 for a four pack.
Cyn, ditto on the large dog idea. Find a friend with a Shepherd or Rottie and borrow her posthaste. If I lived in CA, I’d send my Shep girl over to watch for the prick bastard and tear his head off. Okay, she’s a bit of a baby and probably would just knock him on his ass and growl a lot, but she sure looks scary.
Good job on changing the locks. If you live in a two-story house, get some cheap jelly jars or juice glasses and bust them in the sink. Take the shards and place them on the windowsills of the upstairs windows.
Never hurts to be too careful. Hugs.
I bed you’d be surprised what your baby would do. I have the world’s sweetest beagle. He’s never even THOUGHT about growling at me or the kids. But a strange man (who was installing our siding) walked into our backyard the other day without announcing himself and Buddy the Benevolent suddenly went apeshit. Turns out he takes his role as protector of the castle quite seriously when the King is away. Who knew?
You know, my wife and father-in-law say the same thing. When we first got Char (my Shep), they took one look at her and simultaneously said “That dog would eat someone alive if they decided to fuck with you in the wrong way.”
Now that you mention it, she has gone apeshit over strange noises and things before. She has a tendency to sleep laying against the front door, and one night around, oh, 1 a.m. or so, some kid decided to kick our front door and run. Lemme tell ya, the way she came out of a dead sleep into a snarling, hair bristled stance was gasp-worthy.
So you might very well be right!
The cops took the can of beer, I hope, for checking for prints?
I’m so sorry this happened - at least it wasn’t worse, and I hope the cops get this jerk soon.
My home was burgled twice in one week. We figured it was kids, but it still scared me. They took “explainable” stuff like CDs, leather jackets, MONEY, beer, cigarettes and the like. The two cops said they wanted to do a stake-out, but the boss wouldn’t give them the funding for it. I was freaked out for a couple weeks and my husband decided to get an alarm system. We live in a semi-rural setting, so there are no neighbors to notice when things are awry.
{{Cyn}} - sounds like everyone else has covered the basics. I’m sorry you have to go through this. Don’t forget you can nail your windows shut, too. 
Sure, I’m paranoid; but in this scenario, that’s not a bad thing. Alarms are nice, but cops are getting buried in false alarm calls and some municipalities have threatened to stop answering them (I know there’s a cite somewhere, but its been busy and works piled up… oh OK CITE )
Basically, an alarm is nice. But a Locksmith is Better. Call a Locksmith…NOW! Pull out your VISA…the cost may hurt a bit…and tell them you want your door locks changed and as many items as can be added attached to improve your security. Have them check your window latches. If they say “this door sucks & offers no protection” ask him who sells a better one, whats their number, do they have this size in stock and can it be installed by tonight. If you have questions justifying the expense, think of the resale value. And if you have questions about whether to install a good defense against Mr. Straw-Sucking Beer Thug, as yourself what Charlton Heston would do in ‘Omega Man’ if he ran out of machinegun clips…
Beer through a straw? POLICE! Arrest that man!!
PD caught two men smoking crack in my car about 3 miles away from my house, so I have the car back, just a little worse for the wear. Locks are only as good as the use they are put to…my husband left the back door open when he left for work. Prints were lifted off the beer can and aside for the appalling “what might have happened”, the fact that there are people walking around free who drink beer from a straw at 6 AM is scary!