Did somebody shoot my car? [more inside]
posted by escabeche on Aug 9, 2009 - 20 answers

My girlfriend is having a crisis following a burglary at her apartment in Austin, TX. What can I do for her, and more importantly, what can she do for herself? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 11, 2009 - 11 answers

Have you had any luck obtaining information after a burglary by offering a reward? [more inside]
posted by TurquoiseZebra on Apr 15, 2009 - 15 answers

How can I get the stuff cops recovered from a burglary at my place? (in Silicon Valley, Ca) [more inside]
posted by Pasa la bola chetu on Apr 2, 2009 - 12 answers

Sort of like a question I asked before, but not quite as whimsical. I've reached the end of the lease with the apartment my wife and I live in. It's up as of February 1st and that's perfect, because we'd like to be out by then. The problem is that they're asking for a 60 day written notice and we just gave them notice today. In the last 7 days, Mrs. Bageena's father died and while we were out of town for the funeral, someone broke into our apartment and robbed us. [more inside]
posted by Bageena on Jan 19, 2009 - 12 answers

Dangit, some one came and took my tv! [more inside]
posted by stormygrey on Apr 23, 2008 - 12 answers

My apartment was burglarized a week ago Saturday. They took jewelry that isn't worth much but that meant the world to me, and money. The police came and took a report but seeing as this is NYC, my case file is probably already buried. I'm not sure what to do now. [more inside]
posted by firevoice on Oct 31, 2007 - 10 answers

Has anyone experienced a residential burglary AND is certain who did it (or caught the thief redhanded?) Who did it? Did anything occur that made you suspicious, and what could you have done to prevent the burglary? I'm trying to hedge myself against burglary, but most people I know who experienced one have no idea who did it, leaving nothing to be learned except to lock up better.
posted by chef_boyardee on Aug 30, 2007 - 35 answers

We just figured out our house was burgled. One laptop and a necklace or two missing. No one is in the house. We can see where they got in and we've secured it. What should we do now? File a police report? What about the laptop? Any identity theft steps to take? We changed the email passwords and stuff... Other suggestions welcome.
posted by scarabic on Jul 16, 2007 - 16 answers

My laptop was stolen - but I think it might still be nearby! What can I do? [more inside]
posted by starvingartist on May 30, 2007 - 18 answers

can you recommend a good home security / alarm company? [more inside]
posted by boygirlparty on Jan 22, 2007 - 9 answers

Is it possible to sue a police department for crummy response time? [more inside]
posted by SpecialK on Oct 9, 2006 - 29 answers

Our house got broken into today. We're thinking the seemingly inevitable thoughts about getting a home security sytstem. So, a couple questions: 1. Are we just overreacting (aka, is getting a security system a bad idea). 2. For anyone who has an experience - any thoughts on which is best and what to avoid? The previous owners of our house had a system by Edison Security, so in particular any experience there would be helpful. I guess we're thinking, at this point, (maybe cooler heads will prevail in the morning) about an electronic style system with an alarm that is sent out if it is tripped. And maybe a dog? Thanks.
posted by krudiger on Jun 8, 2006 - 30 answers

Is there anywhere an average citizen in the U.S. can go to get a fingerprint search performed? [more inside]
posted by de void on Feb 8, 2006 - 16 answers

I moved into my new apartment complex two weeks ago and already there's been one car break-in and one apartment burglary. What can I do to secure my apartment and my personal safety? [more inside]
posted by lychee on Aug 23, 2005 - 13 answers

[OutOfOfficeParanoiaFilter] I am planning a holiday soon and, over a conversation, a friend gave me a cautionary note about not leaving an out of office autoreply on my mail account as it greatly increased the chance of me being burgled. [+] [more inside]
posted by TheDonF on Jan 16, 2005 - 13 answers

So we were burglarized sometime today while we were at work. My wife came home and found the front door open and the rooms completely tossed, just like in the movies. In some ways we're counting ourselves lucky, because they only took two cameras, a couple bottles of vodka, and our fire safe. On the other hand, the safe contained basically everything about us- our passports, our Social Security cards, marriage certificate, titles to the condo and car, photocopies of our credit cards(in case the originals were stolen, natch), bank account info, etc. Two questions: 1) are we fucked? 2) burglar alarm systems...yea or nay? [mi] [more inside]
posted by 40 Watt on Sep 24, 2004 - 20 answers