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Question by sweetme: what to do when your vehicle was broken into?
I live in an apartment building and last night in the middle of the night someone smashed the window out in my vehicle stole my husbands expensive tools, fishing poles, and a duffel bag containing expensive new clothes for my 20 month old baby girl. The duffel bag also contained some sentimental items that I cannot get back. This breaks my heart so much. I had a brand new toddler Columbia coat lying on top of the tool box but they didn’t steal that. The windows are tinted dark so they really had to be looking or another tenant in the building planned this out. Made a police report and they just said they would keep their eye out and check a few local pawn shops. Contacted the car insurance company and they apologized and said that break in theft was not covered. Walked down to talk to one of the building managers and she treated me rude-like and said I doubt it was a fellow tenant.. what makes you think that? So I said because my windows are tinted… (and the area this building and parking lot is in.. a random person wouldn’t be just walking by the vehicle) All she said was okay, I will send someone down there to clean up the glass. She had this evil smirk on her face. So I walked out of her office bawling my eyes out. The terrible thing about it is once this person realizes that it is just baby clothes and the items that were sentimental to me, they are just gonna chuck it. I doubt it will be any value to them… Now we will have to replace the window, and everything else. We were currently house hunting to get out of this building next month and saved up money for the down payment. Now if we have to use any of that money, we will be stuck here even longer until we save up again. I do not want to be here. I don’t feel safe. This is just wrong…. It’s terrible to think no one can do anything, and they wont get caught. If you have any advice as in what I could do, anything at all, that would be great. thanks♥

Best answer:

Answer by kate
Car break ins are usually professional thieves and they target out of the way vehicles so no one will interrupt them while they are cleaning out the stuff .
( although I was once taking someone to the airport midday and
The crooks stole their bags while we were at lunch and we were parked on a busy 4 lane street ! )

NEVER , especially in a bad economy , leave stuff in your vehicle .
I am surprised this has not happened earlier to you .

There is little way for the police to track personal items like those .
Even computers and expensive stuff are impossible to track .

Chalk this one up to YOU getting into the learning curve .

You are safe in your apt , but leaving stuff in a vehicle is Not .
People who do that are inviting thieves , so STOP providing the crooks with stuff .

ALSO :
Do NOT carry a bunch of credit cards out with you ,
Only the few you might need .
Do Not carry but minimal cash .
Do Not keep the same locks when moving into a place ,
Always change the locks .
Always have a flat deadbolt on any exterior doors .
And , use dowel rods to keep any sliding windows closed when you’re gone .

Sorry about your experience but that is reality in most places .

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