Fred Fuller
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Home Invasion and You
Posted on March 14, 2012
Newspaper article - http://www.weeklycitizen.com/newsno...d-in-connection-to-brutal-murders-in-Gonzales
Five arrested in connection to brutal murders in Gonzales
Weekly Citizen
Posted Mar 07, 2012 @ 08:07 PM
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Aikens, who had worked for Irwin Marchand at some time in the past, was aware that he kept a significant amount of cash and antique coins in a safe at his home. It appears that Aikens and his accomplices went to the Marchand Residence to rob them but the encounter turned violent and the victims were brutally attacked and killed.
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All too often the easy assumption is that people who are subject to home invasions were involved in something they shouldn't have been, and it caught up with them. But that's not always the case.
Home invasions do happen. And they can be very dangerous. If you run or work in a business that handles quantities of cash, or valuable merchandise, you may well be targeted for home invasion. Sometimes the easy way for a criminal to get into a safe or vault, or through a locked gate and locked doors, is to have an accomplice show up with a spouse or child of the intended victim, who has been kidnapped for 'leverage.'
Think about your vulnerabilities. Plan accordingly. Paranoia is unhealthy, but proper precautions are not. Note the suggestions offered in the blog entry linked above. If you've read here very much at all, you've seen similar advice offered over and over again. There's a reason for that...
Home Invasion and You
Posted on March 14, 2012
Newspaper article - http://www.weeklycitizen.com/newsno...d-in-connection-to-brutal-murders-in-Gonzales
Five arrested in connection to brutal murders in Gonzales
Weekly Citizen
Posted Mar 07, 2012 @ 08:07 PM
snip///
Aikens, who had worked for Irwin Marchand at some time in the past, was aware that he kept a significant amount of cash and antique coins in a safe at his home. It appears that Aikens and his accomplices went to the Marchand Residence to rob them but the encounter turned violent and the victims were brutally attacked and killed.
///snip
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All too often the easy assumption is that people who are subject to home invasions were involved in something they shouldn't have been, and it caught up with them. But that's not always the case.
Home invasions do happen. And they can be very dangerous. If you run or work in a business that handles quantities of cash, or valuable merchandise, you may well be targeted for home invasion. Sometimes the easy way for a criminal to get into a safe or vault, or through a locked gate and locked doors, is to have an accomplice show up with a spouse or child of the intended victim, who has been kidnapped for 'leverage.'
Think about your vulnerabilities. Plan accordingly. Paranoia is unhealthy, but proper precautions are not. Note the suggestions offered in the blog entry linked above. If you've read here very much at all, you've seen similar advice offered over and over again. There's a reason for that...