From the WSB inbox – two West Seattle homes, next door to each other, burglarized over the weekend – read on for the report, including the unusual choice of loot:
From one of the victims, who asked to be anonymous:
Around 3 pm on Saturday (1/30/10) there were two adjacent houses broken into that we are aware of, both on 46th Avenue between Charlestown & Spokane [map]; ours was one of the houses and police told us that the one next to us was also hit.
The thieves must have entered soon after we left by breaking in our back door. They stole many of our smaller electronics and some other valuables. Seems worth noting that in addition to the typical things you’d expect them to steal, we believe they also stole some shea body butter (~$30 value) that was sitting out on our table and, sadly, they also cherry picked some of our favorite DVDs (mostly romantic comedies) from our small collection. Also of note, they took about $30 worth of pocket change from a drawer but left a wallet full of credit cards that was right next to the change in plain sight.
Afterward, they recalled they’d gotten a door-to-door visit from someone wearing Comcast gear and with a badge marked “contractor,” who seemed to have information only someone from the company would know, but the victim mentioned it to the police anyway, just in case. Plus:
Also, there was a U-haul truck that we noticed arriving when we left, and leaving when we came back (I noticed it as I was leaving because I thought I needed to shut my car door to allow it to drive past me, but it pulled over, so I drove off … and then I saw it leaving just as I pulled up to park again, and didn’t put two and two together until after we realized we had been victimized). …
We were only gone for about one hour, and we wished we had been more cautious about the suspicious things going on around us, even if those things were not related to the incident … in retrospect, something bad was about to happen and there may have been clues.
Hope this helps contribute to the body of knowledge, we have to organize to counter their tactics
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