Around 1:30am, three men broke into their car that was parked in the driveway and used the garage opener to open the garage then entered the house.  The husband heard the garage open and went to check it out.  There, he discovered three men had entered their home and luckily, he scared them off.  He was able to see them run down the street and get into a blue van.  Then, another neighbor left her car window down slightly and apparently the same men went into her car and went through the glove compartment, etc.  They were probably looking for a garage opener too but her car has the integrated opener built in that only works if the car is on.

 There are six lessons here:

 1.  If you park your car in the driveway and you have a removable garage door opened, bring it inside with you.  Don’t leave it in the car.

 2.  If you have an integrated opener, program it and use it.

 3.  Always lock your cars and close your windows.

 4.  Always lock your interior garage door that leads into your house… especially at night!

 5.  It’s a good idea to turn on your alarm before you go to bed.  Our alarms are just as important when we are home as they are when we are away.

If you don’t have an alarm system, consider getting one.  The LHCA newsletter just went out last week.  Please read it.  There’s a lot of good information contained within. Specifically, there’s an article about our local alarm company, Security Service Systems.