MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) — Madison police believe two males, between 12 and 15 years old, broke into a home in Madison early Saturday morning.
The burglary happened on Keating Terrace just after 2 a.m., according to police. The burglars took a garage door opener that was inside an unlocked vehicle parked in the victims’ driveway. They used that opener to get into the victims’ home and steal a briefcase and purse.
When the victims woke up Saturday morning, they realized they had been burglarized. By then, several transactions had been made on a credit card stolen in the break-in.
Police said surveillance images from one store show two young men using the stolen card.
Madison police search for teen burglars
The victims got off lucky. The burglars were kids interested in the fast coin and not in lives or impose violent sex.
Personal safety is based on the idea of multiple points a bad guy has to defeat in order to harm you and the same applies to Family Safety. A locked door is not locked if you leave the frigging keys where somebody can get to them.
It is not a hard thing to do, is it?
Hat Tip to Adam L.
Maybe the victims will get a clue, maybe they won’t.
Possibly they’re just examples of failure for others to learn from.
It’s also another reason to get a dog.