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Head's Up - Attempted Break-In on Park Place
3:55 PM 08/09/2012
Just wanted to post that our house was a victim of an attempted break-in yesterday afternoon. The would-be thief attempted to kick in our back door, but was apparently scared away when the alarm system went off (we have ADT). They did not gain access, and only minor damage to the surrounding door jamb/casing.
We do have a security camera that faces out the front of the house, and it did capture an unknown person only a couple of minutes before the alarm was triggered. Pics are attached to this post.
DC Police responded quickly, but there was not much they could do, as entry didn't happen and nothing was stolen. They also mentioned that the pictures that were captured of the person on the front of the house could not be used, as the break-in was attempted in the rear, and it doesn't depict the person actually breaking in (even though the pictures were captured 90 seconds before the alarm was triggered -- NOT a coincidence in my opinion).
Be safe and be aware!
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A few additional images...
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3:56 PM 08/09/2012 | 0 Votes
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Hi! I'm almost 100% sure this is the person that attempted to break into our basement window on Rock Creek Church Road on Wednesday around 4 pm. He came to the front door first and then used a crow bar on the basement window. I witnessed him (as I live in the basement) and made eye contact with him a few times while I tried to figure out what he was up to. He didn't gain access either and there was no damage, so I got the same word from the police. They wouldn't even do fingerprints; just suggested we get a better security system.
Could you post more pictures? The additional images aren't showing up.
Thanks so much! Glad you guys are safe.11:06 PM 08/09/2012 | 0 Votes
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Sounds like he was going house to house, as this happened to our house on 8/8 around 3:36pm.I was having trouble uploading the pictures directly to the posts here, so here are some links; http://postimage.org/image/z4u...//postimage.org/image/k3sedt6sz/ http://postimage.org/image/i80...
9:22 AM 08/10/2012
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One more try --- http://s13.postimage.org/jw4rh... --- http://s13.postimage.org/fhwa5... --- http://s11.postimage.org/cjuj5...
9:25 AM 08/10/2012
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Yikes! Was this a basement window in the front, or in the back?
10:01 AM 08/10/2012
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Sheesh. Is there no provision in the law for filing a report about an attempted break-in, even if there was no damage or theft? I mean, I get that the police can't really charge someone with a crime for just walking up to the front door of a house, as in a couple of these examples, but...if someone is actually trying to crowbar open a window, that's a pretty clear intent, in my book.
12:24 PM 08/10/2012
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The cops should be able to file a report for attempted break and entry. I had an issue with a peeping Tom last year and, while there was nothing they could file on a peeping Tom, because he was messing with my screendoor, they filed an attempted break and entry report.
2:32 PM 08/10/2012
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Skdink55, was this a front basement window or a back basement window that the guy tried to break into?I'm wondering because my house has bars on the basement windows and doors on the back side of the house, but not on the (very small and non-openable) basement windows on the front side.
12:02 PM 08/14/2012
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Yikes. We live in parkview as well and the first thing we did when we moved in was put bars on the basement window. Yes they are ugly but we are doing our best to grow bushes in front of them. We also installed an alarm. Can you ask your landlord to have bars put on the windows?
2:53 PM 08/10/2012 | 0 Votes
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I was totally perplexed by the law enforcement policy on this. I even had the cops come back out the next day to try to file a report or at least get fingerprints; they spoke to their supervisor, a sergeant, and there's nothing to be done. One of them literally said, "He could have been coming in to take a nap. There's no way to know his intent if he didn't get in."
They then told me that sometimes people will try the same houses. To which I said, "So, next time he comes back, I should let him in a little." Yikes is right.
Yes, I put in a request immediately for bars on all of the windows. Luckily, my landlord was horrified, too, and is honoring that request.3:14 PM 08/10/2012 | 0 Votes
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Coming into to take a nap? what on earth is wrong with MPD? None of us should have to live like this. Honestly, I would send an email to Councilmember Graham with this exact exchange with the police officer included. No idea what he can do but there needs to be record of complaints to our elected official about the lack of policing of these types of crimes. Glad you are getting bars on the window in the meantime though. And more importantly you are safe!
3:22 PM 08/10/2012
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