A neighbor across the street saw the vehicle the burglars were driving. She saw it drive around the block 3x. That's right, THREE times. The statement she gave police - she saw two guys...noticed one running away from our house (not out of the house but away from the house)...and then speed off.
Get this: She didn't call the police.
Frak. Let me get this right. She didn't call the police. She saw them drive around the block 3x. She saw them running away from the house. She saw them speed off. She didn't call the police.
Her mother was also in the front yard at the time. She too witnessed ALL of this but didn't think to call the police. She said, "I wasn't sure if it was someone you knew." Frak.
Serendipity for these criminals that our least nosy neighbor was the only one outside that early evening. Everyone else on our street is ALL in our business and would have found that activity suspicious in a heartbeat. Our burglary was the first on our street in 25 years.
A nosy neighbor can be the most effective solution to stopping a burglary or catching a burglar. You want nosy neighbors. I'll even say you want very nosy and not just kinda sorta nosy. Kinda sorta isn't likely to take action when it's most needed.
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