This all happened within a middle of nowhere nieghborhood. Each house has several acres.

 

A few months ago a farmer I know had his house broken into. I posted that story. 2 weeks ago a friend of the family came home to her house plumed apart. She called her daughter to yell at her for making a mess and her daughter told her to get out of the house. Her house was broken into. Gold, jewelry, baseball cards were taken but no electronics. Basic quick cash items. A green van was seen by the house leading up to this. This same green was in the driveway during this break in but nobody thought anything of it. Now onto last night. Last night the lady who runs my daughters day care was home alone and walked outside while talking on the phone. She walked outside and saw a man on a bike with an orange vest on. Utility style not hunting. He was walking up peoples driveways. She watched him walk up her uncles driveway and try and open the garage door. He then walked around the house. She card the police. (her uncle is handicapped and in a wheelchair) cops came but he was already gone. He was spotted earlier in another driveway so the cops went down there and bicycle tracks went up the driveway and footprints went around the house. Now onto what may be the best part. There is one farmer out there who literally sits outside with his shotgun looking for trespassers and coyotes. He's crazy but if he knows you he's actually a nice gun. Just don't go on his land at night. Without a knock on the door or a phone call. Last night after swamp people my inlaws and my son (he spent the night to go turkey hunting this morning) were in bed and they heard a shot coming from this farmers property. My father inlaw is gonna go over there today to see what happened.

There have also been a string of break ins involving vehicles. Last week my neighborhood got hit (From Laurel to Wilson) over 50 cars were broken into. Matter of fact the two blazers we own were broken into. GPS and iPod stolen as well as the face plate of the stereo.

 

People think this is a 'safe' place because crime isn't reported daily in the paper, but I'll tell ya there is a lot of stuff that mysteriously vanishes before it gets printed.

My neighborhood seems quiet but we have a lot of le and gun owners.

Just give it time. The dreg from Pennsgrove and Chester and slowly starting to inch outwards. One of the cops my dad grew up with told him that crime is starting to go up. Not a lot, but just enough to make them uncomfortable. And I know for a fact that Pennsgrove PD have been running around non stop lately getting everything from prostitution to drug busts.

Similar situations in my area. I'm about 15 minutes from Camden, and we have a lot of bleed-over of the riff-raff into Lindenwald, and Laurel Springs now. We had a lot of cars broken into last year, including my mom's. Mine's always locked, and there isn't anything valuable kept in there anyway. My house was broken into a few years before that, and my little strong-box broken into.

 

Funny story with that, my brother had stolen a Nintendo DS from me, so I went to buy another one, but didn't have enough money. I left the $100 in my pockets, and they went through the wash, so when he broke into the house, and took a hammer to my strong box, most of the cash wasn't there, but sitting 20 feet away in the dryer.

Seems that rural areas are perhaps more dangerous than the burbs. Larger properties, more isolated from the neighbors, etc. Not that home invasions/burglaries don't happen in the burbs, but they seem to be more common in the styx.

I'm gonna pick a night and sit out in the woods at my inlaws and see what I can observe.

Seems that rural areas are perhaps more dangerous than the burbs. Larger properties, more isolated from the neighbors, etc. Not that home invasions/burglaries don't happen in the burbs, but they seem to be more common in the styx.

 

Union County has seen a pretty decent uptick in "break-ins"...but they're not really break-ins they're people who leave their cars, doors, or windows unlocked. In the 2 years I've been here only one forceable entry by some guys with guns and shot the homeowner in the leg on the way out for his hospitality.

Man, I hope that dont start happening around here. I live in a farming community right outside of salem.

These are happening along stumpy rd and the streets that run off of it. Right near where the Carneys point boarder hits rt 40

 

 

I was out there today and saw a guy riding his bike with an orange vest over his handle bars. Not saying its him but I'll be watching out for him.

In Gloucester City there have been multiple daytime breakins lately. We are not in town where they occurred but not far away either. I will feel much better once my permits come in. Local detective told me it would be within the next week or so. I have heard that before though.

crazy ? maybe just smart

Not sure if it's correct, but I was told there are 2 people involved. A driver and another that will come and knock on the door. If there is someone home they act as if there lost and ask for directions. If not they try to get in. Any additional info will be appreciated as we have been on the alert for about a week now. Have any of these stories reached the newspaper?

It's not the same people doing all of em.

Correct this is more of a new standard for burglaries.

 

A person was caught in Pitman a week or two ago for this type of burglary. The suspect (like the person wont be foundnot guilty) guilty party knocked on the door and waited for a response and after receiving none went around back and kicked the door in. The younger female, late teens early twenties I believe, was upstairs during the intial knock so it took her a bit to respond but while answering the door she heard the back door kicked and ran back upstairs. called 911 and hid. The police responded to the home invasion and caught the person red handed stealing stuff in the home.

 

This type of burglary is becoming more and more uncommon so make sure you use extra caution when asnwering your door when your not expecting anyone. As always keep doors locked on your house, cars and sheds.