03Shadowbob,
I am sorry for your parents sake.
They will get robbed again.
Pay. Attention. Here.
--Do NOT offer youths on the corner $$$.
This makes YOU a mark, and anything from being followed home to your home, running your tags [don't think BGs cannot get a car tag run] putting you and yours at risk, also making sure your parents do get hit again, to collect a reward.
One of the oldest cons in the book.
--Detectives , Insurance Adjusters, and Mom & Pop Locksmith/Safe/Alarm folks are what are needed NOW.
Write everything down, for detectives, and insurance adjusters, often times if more than one insured is hit in an area, their investigators are called out.
Leave it 'open' to add additional mdse noted missing.
--Get Jlrs to do a letter on Stationary, with any information of identifying marks , that may not be on Appraisal, or understood by detectives.
[Terminology of terms, and special markings, repair and all have assisted officers on cases , with recovered Jlry.]
See if any Mail was taken from Mail Box. Hell hath no fury like a Postal Inspector.
--Mom & Pop Locksmith/Safe/Alarm folks should be allowed to inspect, access, and address security concerns immediately!
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Often times merchandise is already sold before it is stolen.
BG has customers, and or fences for certain mdse.
"Youths" being "youth's" , and depending on jurisdictions, are paid well to do these robberies...
They are also trained to case, observe and report.
Every BG in the world knows, a person is going to replace with insurance, mdse taken.
House gets hit again.
Insurance settles again.
BGs hit again
Another one of the oldest games in the book.
ADD...
CASE, observe and report.
Well the youths simply tell the BG everything when taking what they did.
BG has other more Professional Thugs to do more Special Crimes.
For instance:
Preacher , casing the joint says this house belongs to a Preacher.
Sunday morning, evening, Wed night are a great time to hit this house next time.
Firefighter/ EMT uniform in closet. Great!
Young cute wife all along when hubby works the wee hours shift.
Umm, ya know, that old boy is owed a special favor for the last job, lets let him "entertain" the cute wife, while the other BGs get the long guns, as there are trophies on the wall...
Bank Mgr. Cool, this dippy blond would be easy to kidnap and forced to open her branch bank...
We have Police, Insurance, and Mom & Pop Locksmith/Safe/Alarm folks for a reason - use them!
He whom has himself for a doctor has a fool as a patient - anon