NO police report was filed
Date of occurrence: 08/03/11
Approx time: 04:00 AM
Nearby street intersections: Grant & Blenkner
Brief description:
Our back patio was broken into, and our gas grill was moved to the adjacent parking lot. Something must have scared the thieves…our neighbor saw the patio gate open and moved the grill back inside for us.
Unknown.
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lpscolumbus
August 4, 2011 at 3:27 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Might filing a police report be helpful?
Jeff
August 4, 2011 at 6:32 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Chain your grill.
tony
August 5, 2011 at 5:27 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
thieves will often just ‘temporarily relocate’ an item for expediency, and then circle back later to ‘complete the transaction’. That way if they were seen and the police are called, they aren’t caught with the goods. When they feel the coast is clear, they’ll return to collect their loot. It’s always worth walking around the block and looking in adjacent parking lots and behind bushes when you notice a theft – if you are timely, you might recover your goods. Saw videos of this with thieves stealing laptops.
Janice
August 8, 2011 at 2:47 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I guess I misunderstood the intent of posting alerts for my neighbors on this website….had I known it was so I could just receive sarcastic remarks, I wouldn’t have registered.
Our grill was chained. Our kind neighbors rescued the grill for us. We called the police and logged it as an incident, but no official report could be made since our grill was recovered.
Jeff
August 10, 2011 at 12:45 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Sorry Janice. I was just making a quick statement. No sarcasm intended. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Janice
August 10, 2011 at 11:32 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
No worries Jeff….wasn’t directed toward you. This is a valuable resource for our community and it’s definitely important to share all our observations/suspicions. I appreciate your input.