I’m sitting at my desk at work and the phone rings. It’s C. I figured he had a question about window treatments as that was the last conversation we had about an hour prior. I WISH that is what he was calling for.
“Can you Google me the business number for the Wilmington Police Department,” he asks. Why? Well here’s why:
After putting in another 10 + hours in at the house yesterday, he left the new house last night at 9 p.m. got back there early this afternoon only to discover that someone tried to break into our new house. Yep! In a sleepy little suburb some A-hole decided why not? There’s nothing in there. The house is still empty – did they want an appliance? A place to crash? Were they watching us going in and out the past week and thought something was up? So many questions and of course no answers.
What makes it worse is that it, on some level, totally took the shine off the rose of our new house. No one actually made it inside the house, so obviously we have no idea what the motive could have been, but it’s very unsettling to know these things happen and that they are happening and we aren’t even living there yet.
Just some background on the town – has one of the lowest crime statistics in the state. Our neighborhood isn’t off a major highway or any type of location where if someone wanted to make a quick escape they could. They can’t there are too many small winding streets to go down to get in and out.
I’m just stunned. Stunned.
Update: Talked to C. apparently they tried to jimmy open the front door, the slider on the deck and tried to pry open a basement window, but didn't manage to get in. Thank goodness! The police in town were wonderful and sent not only a sargeant and patrolman, but also a detective who dusted for prints and talked to all the neighbors. They seem to think it was someone looking to grab something they could make a quick score on. Tools or something. Thankfully we really don't have anything in the house but paint cans. Now C is on his way to buy another new lock set.
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