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Home security should include your windows
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A burglary was reported at an apartment on Virginia Road. The resident said he left the apartment unlocked. The next day he discovered that several items were missing.
Another burglary was reported on Glen Errol Road. The owner left the home around 10:45 a.m. and returned at 11:15.
She found that the window leading to the garage was broken. Another window, leading into the home, was later found forced open. There are two computers missing.
Here’s something to think about: The alarm system was on but, since the burglar entered through the windows and not doors, the system did not activate.
Wire the windows and consider motion detection inside the home and garage area.
Doh! Another Einstein in our midst
This guy’s method of operation was very slick. He walked into a Windward Parkway discount store and put a Falcons skullcap on and then, (this is the brilliant part) walked out of the store. The store security person detained him and he was later arrested.
Here’s how they caught him:
They have five million video cameras hanging from the ceiling in Wal-Mart.
Other things:
— A man reported that while looking for a shopping cart at the grocery store a dog jumped out of a car and bit him on the leg.
— On Telford Lane someone entered the victim’s garage and took $600 in packaged meat and fish from the victim’s refrigerator.
— Someone came into an office on Peachtree Dunwoody Road and took the victim’s wallet from her purse. She said she left the office for two minutes and upon return she discovered the theft. (It takes about 10 seconds max to complete this theft. Lock it up and hide your stuff when you leave your work area.)
— An officer walked into the bathroom of a North Fulton bar just about the time a man was in mid-snort of some cocaine he was ingesting from the end of one of his car keys. He was arrested. Timing is everything.
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