A burglary took place on Wednesday morning over on Overbrook Circle while the occupants were attending a funeral. While they were in mourning someone was providing them with more personal sorrow. Their whole house was ransacked! Unfortunately this "M.O." makes perfect sense for a successful home burglary to take place. All you have to do is read the obituaries in the newspaper, call the listed funeral home for the decease's address if you don't have it, and armed with this information you have everything you need to know for a successful theft. The date, time and location of the funeral and subsequent internment is provided, so you know how much time you'll have to hit the house while the owner is out!
Because we are all temporal and will one day face this fact of life; make sure that you turn on your house alarm system if you have one (they didn't)! Tell a good neighbor that you will be gone during the funeral and ask them to watch the house, informing them that there should be absolutely no vehicles parked and no one at or inside your home. Better yet, have someone you trust house-sit during that period of time. And during their grief this could be a wonderful outreach of love and care for your neighbor's benefit as well!
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Please be aware of the fact that not only is the name of the deceased posted in the obits. but also surviving family members who will be attending the funeral. All addresses of those names revealed can be worked-up or looked up - they know how!
It is a sad state of affairs, isn't it!
I have an alarm system with one of the major carriers, but I am now thinking about putting another sign up announcing that a newly castrated pit bull is on the premises (not that we really have one)!
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