These Neighbors Kick Burglar Booty!

Okay, on Thursday night at ten, I had a story on KRBC about some alert neighbors that not only stopped a burglar from breaking in, they chased him away to do it! (See the story here.)

Talk about doing the right thing! I spoke with one of the residents whose home was protected by these guardian-neighbors...he told me, "I've got the best neighbors around!" While that's a bold claim, he has a point!

How many neighbors do you know that would walk DOWN the alley to investigate a "Booming" sound? Then when they found the man kicking at the back door, how many would stand there and say "You're not doing this!" ?

The list is pretty short, I'm sure.

That's what impressed Koda Freeman and his roommate. As Freeman says in the story, most people would've seen the break-in and MAYBE call the police, buy mainly just write it off as "Not their problem." There's merit to that statement, if you think about it, otherwise all crime would be blotted out.

So what would you do? Would you have stopped the man? I'm sure we'd all like to think that, I know I would to think I'd step in, but saying and doing are two different things. That is unless you are the neighbors in this story.

A Rude Surprise

Recently, I came across this story (click here) in the crime reports:

May 9th- 1600 Block of University Dr., resident comes home to find a BBQ grill was thrown through his front window, and his motorcycle kicked over.

Okay, the motorcycle thing, aside, who throws a grill through a window?

I'm going to take a more satirical view, here, so please read this with that in mind...

My first thought, "Whoa! That's rough!" My second, "Were there no rocks or bricks?"

**I met the resident, at his home, and he explained he believes this stems from a series of harassment moves by a school mate of his daughters. I'm not a detective...so I will this right there, with that being his claim. Still, I felt I should mention that.**

But imagine his surprise to find a charcoal grill in his front window, I'm sure there is a grilling joke in there somewhere, but I won't go there.

While filming his home, I realized the dirty blinds hanging where the glass once was, had a nice little stain. Then it hit me, this wasn't a stain but ash where the grill smashed through.

Okay, I'll go there..throwing a grill through a window, would that make it a "Hot Shot?" (Don't laugh, it'll only encourage me.)

Still for this resident, he was left with a busted window, glass and ash inside his home, and a fear of what could come next. Good thing the mailbox was anchored into the ground...