Have you ever been the victim of a crime?

jujube said:
My car was stolen.

Years ago, I scared a burglar out of my house. I was coming in the front door and he left by the back door. He had taken two suitcases from a closet and was filling them up with the weirdest assortment of things. He didn't get away with anything but I felt "violated" that he had pawed through our stuff.
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that's how I felt when this house was burgled. We (dd and me) were asleep when it happened, so the shock of that could have happened if they'd come upstairs, didn't leave me for years.

They took all her electronic games.( all new to the market at the time, she was only 8 )... and what they could carry of electronic in my livingroom..

That was the first time I ever got a gun. I was so horrified at the idea that they could come again, that I learned to shoot and the farmer nearby gave me a shotgun.

Despite having very little disposable income , I had the house alarmed up like fort Knox..
 

I worked many a year 2nd 3rd shifts. Got broken into every couple of years. I purchased broken firearms an set them around. LEO found finger prints an convicted them. Guy an Girlfriend got 15.
there are ways to catch crooks. Hidden cameras-too.
 
Pinky said:
I've been physically assaulted, and my home was broken into .. all jewellery taken. I won't go into details here, as I've written the details before.

As jujube said, one does feel "violated" knowing a stranger was in your home, touching your belongings.
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Pinks I'm sorry you were attacked, that's terrible.. was it someone you knew ?

I have been attacked a couple of times.. I had those responsible arrested, and one was sent to prison for 3 years..

Seperate to those...

When I was 17 I lived in a nice area little crime, but of course the other side of the tracks is what was more exciting for me and my friends..

I was courting a local lad from the bad side.. and one night, he was seeing me off on the bus for me to go home
We were standing in the bus shelter waiting for the bus, and this guy came into the bus shelter, and i just presumed he was going to be waiting for the bus.. and my boyfriend and I were cuddling.. the next thing my boyfriend fell to the floor, and the other guy ran off.. he'd stabbed my guy in the back... 😒

Fortunately my BF lived directly opposite the bus stop.. so I ran for help . ,, and just in 2 minutes there was no blood in my boyfriends face , even just by street light we could see he was slate grey..

i didn't know who the other guy was , but my BF knew.. and the attacker was arrested. Fortunately the knife missed vital organs by just a 1/4 of an inch... Later, I had to go to court as a witness to it all.. and the Perp got 9 months...
 

Our car was broken into probably about 60 years ago.Nothing was missing. Then about 20 years ago we figured a neighbors spoiled rotten teen got into our car he was totally disappointed as he didn't like our taste in music. So again nothing was missing. Reading here I think we have been really lucky!
 
hollydolly said:
Pinks I'm sorry you were attacked, that's terrible.. was it someone you knew ?

I have been attacked a couple of times.. I had those responsible arrested, and one was sent to prison for 3 years..

Seperate to those...

When I was 17 I lived in a nice area little crime, but of course the other side of the tracks is what was more exciting for me and my friends..

I was courting a local lad from the bad side.. and one night, he was seeing me off on the bus for me to go home
We were standing in the bus shelter waiting for the bus, and this guy came into the bus shelter, and i just presumed he was going to be waiting for the bus.. and my boyfriend and I were cuddling.. the next thing my boyfriend fell to the floor, and the other guy ran off.. he'd stabbed my guy in the back... 😒

Fortunately my BF lived directly opposite the bus stop.. so I ran for help . ,, and just in 2 minutes there was no blood in my boyfriends face , even just by street light we could see he was slate grey..

i didn't know who the other guy was , but my BF knew.. and the attacker was arrested. Fortunately the knife missed vital organs by just a 1/4 of an inch... Later, I had to go to court as a witness to it all.. and the Perp got 9 months...
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What a truly horrible experience, @hollydolly .. good thing you had the presence of mind to run for help!
Going to court must have been so unpleasant as well :(

I've written here about having been attacked when I was cutting through a school yard at night, in summer. The perpetrator grabbed me from behind, and tried to coerce me into a dark corner. I feigned being injured when I fell .. my knees were scratched up .. he was polite, so I said "just go, and I won't call the police" - and - he just left. Gone. I didn't even see what direction he went.
 
Pinky said:
What a truly horrible experience, @hollydolly .. good thing you had the presence of mind to run for help!
Going to court must have been so unpleasant as well :(

I've written here about having been attacked when I was cutting through a school yard at night, in summer. The perpetrator grabbed me from behind, and tried to coerce me into a dark corner. I feigned being injured when I fell .. my knees were scratched up .. he was polite, so I said "just go, and I won't call the police" - and - he just left. Gone. I didn't even see what direction he went.
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wow...thank God you got someone who left when you asked him... how odd.. but thank God !
 
This was a long time ago. Yeah, someone broke into our family home through my bedroom window. A police officer came and after looking around my room, said that the burglar sure made a mess. My mom then replied, "No, it always looks like this.." I didn't know whether to laugh or feel humiliated. I've improved lots since then.
 
Well, yes. During my move to my current home, one of the removers decided to help himself to one of my amplifiers. That was a couple years ago.

Other than that, no. Never been broken into, never been attacked on the street. I hasten to add, I've never attacked anyone else, either.
 
3 residential burglaries, one of which I walked in on. I chased the crook for several blocks, he jumped over a fence and about that time I was out of breath(smoker), as I struggled to get over the fence he disappeared across the blvd and into the neighborhood. I called the PD, they responded quickly and actually caught they guy.
 
My house in Spain..is 4 floors high.. on a gated commuity.

My master bedroom is on the 3rd floor facing into the community and overlooking the pool.

I felt safe enough on hot summer nights to leave my bedroom balcony door open a little bit.. eve tho' my husband was away working in London

One night about 11pm I was going up to bed, and by the light of the upstairs hallways I could see a man on my balcony with one foot into my darkened bedroom where my handbag lay on the bed. .

I has a split second to react.. and I was so enraged, I ran at him swearing like a trooper , and shoved him really hard, and he fell over the wall of the balcony and down onto the concrete steps leading to my verandah..

It was very dark on the community only slightly lit by the pool lights..

he got up, and limped away very fast

El Presidente called for the police, and even they couldn't believe how he got up there, calling him Spiderman.

When they shone their torches on my verandah steps there was a big pool of blood, so he'd obviously got pretty badly injured.

The police told me.. that if it ever happened again, that a blind eye would be turned if I disposed of him in any way I wished.. they told me ''drag him into the fields as long as he's not found on your property , you will be ok''...

That's the truth.. they were just so sick of criminals , that they were willing to just ignore them being killed..
 
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When I was 13 or so, I was attacked/groped in the hospital elevator by some guy after I'd visited my sick mother. He let go of me when the car stopped and I ran out when the door opened into the hospital gift shop. I was terrified. I told no one. Much later, I told an older cousin of mine, but there really was no point.

I have been stolen from a few times, once ironically while volunteering at a Little League game at the snack hut. Money gone from my wallet, about $40.00.
 
I would seem the judges go light on first caught offenders. I hear all the time about
Teens out on the streets with wrists slapped. gangs and Judges in the same boats/

I know tons of people get stabbed in London. Lots of people get shot in Chicago.
Seems mostly even numbers.
 
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Theft perpetrated by maintenance workers who have the key to the apartment. Will need to relocate since it has been going on for years and nothing is done about it. In Philadelphia, everything in our house was stolen, even the refrigerator and the washer and family photographs. Was physically attacked on a public bus in Miami because I was identified both as white and Cuban.
 
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My situation I was a victim of 'identity theft' which is a crime in my opinion back in the late 70's
I came home to find my front door unlocked, I noticed the only thing taken was my credit card
It was a nightmare to say the least, I called the 3 credit score companies, they sent me the documents where this person had used my credit card. It took forever to get it straightened out luckily at the time I was working at a local law firm,they were a big help
Ever since then I'm very cautious e.g no online banking,continue to pay my bills by ck
 
I had my car broken into and damaged once when I was visiting my sister and we went out to dinner.
My apartment was burgled. I came home from work and went to change clothes. When I opened my jewelry box to put away my jewelry, I saw that it was empty. Then I noticed that some electronics were gone. I called the police who found no sign of forced entry. I always wondered if it was someone who worked for the apartment complex and I worried that they might come in when I was there but it never happebed again, thankfully.
 
I walked in on a couple of teens going through the house back in the 80s. Startled them and me. One was by the patio door and bolted. The other was in the bedroom, and, right out of the movies, he dove through the bedroom window, glass and all. Both jumped the back fence and disappeared into the woods, the jumper leaving a trail of blood.

They had clearly been at it a while. The rooms were ransacked, and all of my stereo equipment and electronics were disconnected and stacked by the door ready to go. What got me the most was that they closed our (small) dog in a bathroom, set off a kitchen fire extinguisher and threw it in there with him. Fortunately, he just needed a little respiratory therapy and no long-term problems.
 
↑ Sawed off 12 gauge in the backpack every day and returning - walking into the home comes to mind there.
 
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The apartment I lived in at 24 years old, was broken in to,
not much taken.

I have had two different cars stolen in my life. One when I
was 30 years old, the other stolen at 35 years old. Both
located and recovered.

I know there are more to mention, but all I can think of this
very moment.
 
Back window in car broken and rear shelf speakers stolen.
They couldn't get the 8-track player bolted to the floorboard in the front seat but kicked the heck out of it.
Toolbox of tools inherited from my dad, stolen from the bed of my pickup truck.
Bicycle stolen while I was in a bar one night. Was a long walk that night.

Girl I'd met and allowed into my home, stole two pistols.
Gave the serial numbers of the firearms to police ... never heard anything back.
The girl ended up doing jail time on unrelated charges. Never charged for the firearms theft.
Seems she was into a bunch of nefarious things and had long since been "disowned" by her family.
 
Oh yeah! ARMED ROBBERY !! :eek:

THREE ...well prepared.... blacks.
Learned a lesson though. NEVER look at mug shots and say, "I...think..that's the guy,"
The word "think" closed the cops' mug book.

Sorry, you didn't say "That's him." :(:mad::poop:

Even if it ...isn't... no harm done. The legal system requires more than a picture to convict.
 
Naturally said:
Back window in car broken and rear shelf speakers stolen.
They couldn't get the 8-track player bolted to the floorboard in the front seat but kicked the heck out of it.
Toolbox of tools inherited from my dad, stolen from the bed of my pickup truck.
Bicycle stolen while I was in a bar one night. Was a long walk that night.

Girl I'd met and allowed into my home, stole two pistols.
Gave the serial numbers of the firearms to police ... never heard anything back.
The girl ended up doing jail time on unrelated charges. Never charged for the firearms theft.
Seems she was into a bunch of nefarious things and had long since been "disowned" by her family.
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I had a similar situation with my youngest black sheep sister. She came to my house with a sob story about falling out with my father with whom she was still living.. and asked if she could stay. I already had my husband, child and my brother staying at my house.. but I said she could for a couple of nights.

When I got up the next morning, she'd gone, and so had every stitch of clothing I owned including my coats from the hallway hangers downstairs.. I was left with what I was wearing !:mad:
I didn't call the police but I hunted her down through a friend of hers, and got my stuff back....eventually I forgave her..

a few years later she did it to me again... this time she stole my Bike with the baby seat on the back. The only means of transport I had for me and DD at the time.

Again I tracked her down , and discovered she'd thrown my bike in the river..

That was her done ! No more forgiveness...
 
I can think of a few times:

1) Back in the mid-80s, I was spending the night with my girlfriend, at her place, and I brought my handgun because she'd been having problems with her ex for several weeks. At about 3 in the morning, some guy broke into her apartment while we were sleeping. I didn't shoot him, but I scared the crap out of him.

She called the police after he ran off, and she told them it was probably her ex, so they went directly to his place. Yeah, it was him. I think he got a 3-month jail sentence, but only served 45 days. She moved back east to live with her parents.

2) I had my catalytic converter stolen a few years ago. My son does welding projects in his garage and he built a little metal cage-like thing that fit over the new cat-con, and welded it into place. That catalytic converter's there to stay.

3) I was at my bank's drive-thru ATM at around 10pm...probly 15 years ago. I stuck in my bank card and had just finished entering my PIN when a guy around 20yrs-old walked up to my driver-side window, masked, wearing a hoodie, and held up a large hunting knife. He said "I'm gonna steal all your money." And I couldn't see his mouth behind the mask, but I could tell he said it with a smile.

I pushed the button that put my window up with my left hand while flipping him off with my right, and he stepped over to the ATM. While he was madly pushing buttons, obviously a bit shaken, I backed my car up a bit and then gunned it forward, pinning him against the wall. He started yelling I'd run over his foot, and he promised he'd leave me alone if I'd back the car off it.

I looked for my phone instead. I'd left it at home, so I just watched him beg, stuck between my car and the sturdy outside wall of a bank, next to the ATM he couldn't quite reach...I watched him try. Every once in a while, he set the knife down on the hood of my car and put his hands together like he was praying; Please let me go. I had to laugh.

He finally managed to pull his foot out from under my tire, and limped off across the street and into the darkness, rethinking his life-choices. As he disappeared, the ATM spit my card out and the display read "Transaction Terminated."
I hope I discouraged him from choosing crime. He sucked at it.
 

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