I looked out the window after hearing a vehicle stop and a door close.  It was a marked HPD SUV, and the Cop was having a talk with my neighbor.

Late this afternoon, as i was sprucing up the front lawn, the neighbor came out to tell me someone in a pickup backed into his carport, one of them got out, and he was all masked-up in a hoodie.   

Luckily, the neighbor has a RING camera/doorbell, and caught the guy approaching the house on the app.  He used the remote mic to scare him off, then called HPD.

The son was alone in the house until he left for school about 07:20, so that was fortunate.

I printed out some images of the truck taken from my upstairs security setup and dropped them off with the neighbors.

My video showed the truck coming down the street at 07:54:30 and pass our houses.  It must have circled around, which isn't a short distance, because at 07:56:45, the truck came back from the same direction as before.  This time it stopped in the road and reversed into the neighbors' carport at a quick pace.

They didn't stay long, either.  At 07:57:38, the truck pulled out of the carport and drove away the same direction they were traveling before.

Seems to be an uptick lately on burglaries in the Mililani area.  Same as most holiday seasons I believe.  Looks like they were casing houses for cars that are gone indicating people are at work, etc.

He was able to provide HPD with a description of the truck and license number from his ring footage.  It's a blue Tacoma, and from my video, it may be pretty old.

Keep your guard up, and be careful out there!   

Guess it’s time to break out some old surplus WWII hand grenades. Would love to wipe out punks like that!

Guess it’s time to break out some old surplus WWII hand grenades. Would love to wipe out punks like that!

I would have never known it happened if he hadn't stopped to tell me.  It was over before I would have noticed anything.

A few years back, when i was working from home, the previous renters next door got broken into.  I was on a headset involved in a teleconference.  if I hadn't been, I probably would have heard something.  They entered through the backdoor well within view of my upstairs office window.  I felt bad that the timing wasn't better.

AFAIK, my house has only been burglarized once many years ago.  The guy tried cutting the alarm wire at the window he was trying to crawl through.  Of course, it set off the alarm and he booked.  The responding cop almost caught him, but he thought the shadow he saw on the other side of the fence was my dog -- who was inside while I was at work.

A neighbor down the street was robbed right at Christmas time a few years ago, too.  The crook cut the window screen next to a table where a game system was sitting.  A week or so later, they came back and stole the replacement -- which was sitting by the same window with a new screen!

 

I would have never known it happened if he hadn't stopped to tell me.  It was over before I would have noticed anything.

A few years back, when i was working from home, the previous renters next door got broken into.  I was on a headset involved in a teleconference.  if I hadn't been, I probably would have heard something.  They entered through the backdoor well within view of my upstairs office window.  I felt bad that the timing wasn't better.

AFAIK, my house has only been burglarized once many years ago.  The guy tried cutting the alarm wire at the window he was trying to crawl through.  Of course, it set off the alarm and he booked.  The responding cop almost caught him, but he thought the shadow he saw on the other side of the fence was my dog -- who was inside while I was at work.

A neighbor down the street was robbed right at Christmas time a few years ago, too.  The crook cut the window screen next to a table where a game system was sitting.  A week or so later, they came back and stole the replacement -- which was sitting by the same window with a new screen!

 

 

I see a pattern of criminals getting bolder nowadays.

I see a pattern of criminals getting bolder nowadays.

Dey copy cat da mainland pukes.