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Post by jumperhop on Jul 10, 2017 2:00:25 GMT
Morning update! The Officer just left. They think they have enough info on the guy to give him a trespassing citation. The officer gave us tips on what to do next time. Which was exactly what I had been saying to my husband all along.
Really nice officer, he asked a lot of questions, dusted for prints and was thorough. One thing he said was that we should have called 911 the second we got the door bell video.
Greatful that we learned our lesson on not what to do.
Oh and I am wondering if someone is trying to tell us not to go to church. A few months ago we got a call from our DS while we were at church saying to come home. The house was full of smoke. Luckily it was just the washing machine. He didn't have the brains to call 911 then either. We need to chat!
Op
We were sitting in church today and my DH got a message on his phone that someone rang the doorbell. We use a device called Ring for our doorbell which sends us a live video of the person who is ringing doorbell. It was really strange, a female stood there and then wandered around by the door. Then the video went black. (she had put tape over the camera)
I told my DH to go check on it. (We love a good excuse to get out of church early) 5 minutes later DH, DS were home. The lady is just standing by the front door, and then some guy climbs out of my DS window well. (They had opened DS bedroom window) They hop in the car and take off.
Dh was freaked out and didn't know if they had a weapon on them so he didn't try to take photos of their faces or get their license plate. But he did get a photo of the car.
So when I get home I posted on a local Facebook sell or trade site and within a 1/2 hour I have a message from a lady who sends me a photo. And because of a large tattoo on the guys neck my DS and DH were able to positively identify them.
Yikes!
A big Thank you to the Ring doorbell!
Jen
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Post by gizzy on Jul 10, 2017 2:06:32 GMT
Wow! How scary! I'm glad no one was hurt. I'm going to check the company out.
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Post by scrappinghappy on Jul 10, 2017 2:07:45 GMT
Yikes! Did your ID get them arrested?
Hope they didnt take anything. You can get well covers that secure from the inside. Also you can answer the door via the Ring app and then its as if you are home.
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Post by ~KellyAnn~ on Jul 10, 2017 2:20:11 GMT
Oh no!
People are really getting bold, breaking and entering in broad daylight. I'm so sorry your home sanctuary was violated. Hopefully the justice system comes down hard on them.
BTW, does that app's video get recorded?
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Post by myboysnme on Jul 10, 2017 2:23:59 GMT
So what happened? Did the police come? Did the thief take anything?
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Post by jumperhop on Jul 10, 2017 2:26:15 GMT
Yikes! Did your ID get them arrested? Hope they didnt take anything. You can get well covers that secure from the inside. Also you can answer the door via the Ring app and then its as if you are home. They didn't take anything! The well cover thing is a huge issue. The last owners of our house dug out the dirt between two window wells to make one huge window well. (My guess is it's 10 ft by 2 1/2 ft) So #1 we can't find a cover that is big enough and #2 it would be to heavy for the kids trying to escape from their bedroom window. We are still trying to figure out what to do. We usually do talk to people with the Ring app but by the time DH got out of the church building they were gone. |
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Post by jumperhop on Jul 10, 2017 2:28:55 GMT
Oh no! People are really getting bold, breaking and entering in broad daylight. I'm so sorry your home sanctuary was violated. Hopefully the justice system comes down hard on them. BTW, does that app's video get recorded? Yes it does it's $30. DH says he kept meaning to pay it. He this afternoon. Lesson learned. |
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Post by jayfab on Jul 10, 2017 2:30:18 GMT
Yikes, How scary. I was just looking into the Ring Doorbell. It is a special value on QVC today but I think I want the new version. Hoping Amazon will have a deal on it on prime day.
So glad they didn't get anything and no one is hurt.
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Post by peasapie on Jul 10, 2017 2:30:34 GMT
We have the ring app as well. It's also convenient to let a friend into the house when we are away. So glad you are unharmed!
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Post by jumperhop on Jul 10, 2017 2:33:02 GMT
So what happened? Did the police come? Did the thief take anything? They didn't take anything and DH didn't call the cops since he doesn't think the cops will care. I am going to make him file a police report tomorrow. I told him they need to know in case this happened to other neighbors and they can start patrolling here more often. |
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Post by papersilly on Jul 10, 2017 2:35:42 GMT
I'm glad you guys are ok. That's scary! We have Ring too. Love that thing.
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Post by LisaDV on Jul 10, 2017 2:36:24 GMT
Wow! So sorry your home was violated.
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Post by scrappinghappy on Jul 10, 2017 2:47:17 GMT
Yikes, How scary. I was just looking into the Ring Doorbell. It is a special value on QVC today but I think I want the new version. Hoping Amazon will have a deal on it on prime day. So glad they didn't get anything and no one is hurt. We had a Ring doorbell and switched to Skybell. No charge for recording video. Saves for 1 week but you can download any you want tosave for longer. Way better resolution. Fewer false alarms. |
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Post by mom on Jul 10, 2017 2:56:33 GMT
oh my gosh! How scary! We just installed Ring and its good to know it works! We haven't had to use ours yet.
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Post by Julie W on Jul 10, 2017 3:15:14 GMT
Then the video went black. (she had put tape over the camera) Sorry that happened to you! Just wondering if the camera is actually in the doorbell? Just wondering if thieves will begin figuring out what yours did - and how easy is it to tape the camera? Save |
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Post by teacherlisa on Jul 10, 2017 3:48:52 GMT
good for you, the police will care. That is so scary!
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Post by Scrapper100 on Jul 10, 2017 3:56:16 GMT
That is scary. I'm glad your DH deterred them and that nothing was taken and no one was injured. We have been thinking of getting one of these ourselves.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Jul 10, 2017 3:59:05 GMT
I have seen so many videos of crooks from the ring doorbell on local FB groups. Not all know what they are and you would think that the face would already be recorded by the time they make it up your door. I would like to get a few more cameras up as well. Several thieves have been caught based in video footage in our area.
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Post by anniefb on Jul 10, 2017 4:10:42 GMT
Very scary - glad nothing was taken.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 10, 2017 4:13:02 GMT
Wow, how scary!! I'm glad they didn't steal anything.
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Post by YooHoot on Jul 10, 2017 4:16:46 GMT
Why wouldn't you call the police? I absolutely would! Glad you are safe.
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Post by garcia5050 on Jul 10, 2017 4:20:26 GMT
Definitely file a report. My DH caught a suspected burglar in our backyard. The local PD had a binder of problem people. DH recognized the guy by his facial tattoos. The guy was immediately locked up, even though he didn't take anything, because he was a parolee.
Make sure you have all sets of keys/garage openers. Sometimes that is overlooked and a second incident will occur within a couple of weeks.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 10, 2017 4:59:57 GMT
Wow. I keep seeing adverts for this ring thingy and meaning to buy one.
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Post by jumperhop on Jul 10, 2017 5:11:05 GMT
Why wouldn't you call the police? I absolutely would! Glad you are safe. He didn't think we could prove anything, so he wouldn't be taken seriously. Jen |
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Post by flute4peace on Jul 10, 2017 5:14:24 GMT
They broke the law even if they didn't steal anything. File a report.
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Post by flute4peace on Jul 10, 2017 5:16:49 GMT
Also don't touch anything! They can get prints. Dang you should have called right away
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Post by jumperhop on Jul 10, 2017 5:23:04 GMT
Then the video went black. (she had put tape over the camera) Sorry that happened to you! Just wondering if the camera is actually in the doorbell? Just wondering if thieves will begin figuring out what yours did - and how easy is it to tape the camera? SaveYes, the camera is actually inside of the doorbell, so very easy to tape. Jen |
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Post by wellway on Jul 10, 2017 5:27:57 GMT
Why wouldn't you call the police? I absolutely would! Glad you are safe. He didn't think we could prove anything, so he wouldn't be taken seriously. Jen I'm sorry that happened to you but I would tell the Police and leave the proving to them. Think of it like pieces of a jigsaw, you have a piece and the Police have lots of other pieces. They also need to know they have a couple on their patch targeting homes. They may spot them another time while on patrol. |
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Post by jumperhop on Jul 10, 2017 5:46:05 GMT
He didn't think we could prove anything, so he wouldn't be taken seriously. Jen I'm sorry that happened to you but I would tell the Police and leave the proving to them. Think of it like pieces of a jigsaw, you have a piece and the Police have lots of other pieces. They also need to know they have a couple on their patch targeting homes. They may spot them another time while on patrol. Exactly what I have been telling him. Jen |
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Post by glory77 on Jul 10, 2017 5:56:45 GMT
We have the Ring doorbell too. Love it!
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