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Weird break-in of the week
By adamg on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 9:23am
Robin the Mad Photographer is awoken by the sound of shattering glass in her Davis Square apartment around 2:45 this morning, goes to investigate, finds a very apologetic man claiming to be with the Somerville Fire Department who then helps her clean up all the glass.
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Hello, McFly?
That's called a break-in. Had you not been home or not woken up this guy would have taken anything of value that he could carry. He's with the fire department?? Good gravy, woman, don't be a simpleton! He's lying his ass off and faking "help" at cleaning up his damage to try and avoid you calling the cops as long as possible! And you let him in ANYWAYS?? When you turn around and something small and pocketable like a watch or some loose cash is missing from your counter, chalk it up to being a moron...but CALL THE POLICE anyways! If this is a pattern, they need to know about it. If you want your landlord to fix the window, they need to know it was a crime. If you have any brains at all, you need to figure this out. Sheesh...how naive do you have to be?
The nonsensical rationalization later in the comments is hilarious.
Wow
I can't believe she let him in and didn't call the police! And her roommate only woke up briefly?
I'm just shaking my head. She was very very lucky that that guy just gave her that story & left without hurting her.
Note to Robin - If someone ever breaks your window again, call the police! And don't let him in.
Even if he was from the Fire
Even if he was from the Fire Department on "official business" somehow, calling 911 to confirm this is considered OK. Ask any police officer and they will tell you that unless presented with an obvious police presence (or your doing something wrong) its ok to call the police head quarters to verify the story before taking their word for it. The same goes for being pulled over by unmarked cruisers (or even regular cruisers) your well within your rights to slowly pull over to the right lane and continue on until you find a comfortable and what you consider safe place to stop.
I get a kick out of the roommate. "Whats going on, oh some guy who may be a firefighter broke the window? Oh ok, well have fun good night!"
Really?
You let a stranger who just broke your window and you "suspect he may have been drunk/on drugs/something, as he was rather red-eyed and not completely on the ball" into your home at 3 am? You are VERY lucky nothing more serious happened. Wow.
What's wrong with this picture, folks?
Plenty, as far as I'm concerned. The guy broke the lady's apartment window at 3 A. M., who was clearly drunk or on drugs was clearly up to no good. That story that he gave about being with the fire department is a load of B. S. How anybody could be so naive as to fall for something like that, especially when a complete stranger is involved is beyond belief, and it's playing Russian Roulette. She's lucky that the guy didn't badly injure or even kill her and her roommate.
Missing pieces?
The more I think about this story the more I question whether it's really accurate. Is there some piece to the story that's missing?
I just find it incredible that anyone would do anything other than call 911, or maybe flee the house, if someone smashed a window in the middle of the night.
Update from original poster
Looks like one dude needs a better class of friends, or maybe help with a drinking problem.
Huh?
Her male roommate "was staying alert in his room just in case." Big help he is.
And her first thought was to clean up the glass? I think my first thought might be that someone broke into my house.
So it sounds to me that he probably did fall against the window & when she found him he was outside, confused, and it was probably clear that he had fallen, not broken in deliberately.
Not the only impaired person?
People have a couple or four beers before bed. People take sleep aids and other medications that make it difficult to wake up in the middle of the night and think clearly. Etc.
Not saying that she did any of these things. Even if she did, I won't judge - she was home and in her own bed. I'm merely pointing out that there are some pretty good reasons that she could be a bit out of it herself, exhibit shaky judgment, and not do what all us waking and fully caffeinated people seem to think she should have done.
Moral of the story: be ready for fire alarms, broken windows, etc. before you have to deal with them at 3am. Having a drill or a plan is a major help if you know you can't think straight or wing it in the early morning.
But the important question
Was she wearing provocative nightwear?
If you're going to blame the victim, you might as well go all the way.
Being woken up at 3 A. M., the woman was probably half asleep,
and, whether she had anything before bedtime or not, didn't use good judgement.
I found it
I found it believable.
People can be space-cadets. Either by nature, or by funny-smoke.
But I agree, definitely feels like not all the key details are there.
Or, by it being 2:45am, and
Or, by it being 2:45am, and not fully awake and or coherent.
Weird break-in of the week
I'm the original poster, and yes, I know I was a moron for doing anything other than calling 911, but when you're woken out of a very deep sleep (a stone-cold sober one, FWIW, and sorry, no sexy lingerie) to something this surreal, thinking rationally doesn't always come easy. I blame my sleep-addled state on taking any of his blather at all seriously (a lot of stuff makes sense at 3 a.m. that wouldn't in the light of day); point taken and lesson learned. Hopefully it'll never happen again, but now I know exactly what to do if it does. As for the culprit, the Somerville PD spoke with him this morning (the one intelligent thing I did last night was to get his name & number) and he was supposed to come in and fill out a statement; as of 2 p.m. he hasn't yet, and the detective I just got off the phone with was about to call him back to tell him that if he doesn't get down there by 3, they will file charges; so I'll know within the next hour or so what's up with that. I've also been told to call 911 should I happen to see him around the property in the future, and I'll let my roommate know likewise. The landlords are getting the window replaced, and I've asked them to please see about putting bars on the windows as well. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go bang my head against the wall some more...
I actually kind of envy you
I actually kind of envy you for having an apartment low enough to the ground in a place like Davis Square where that can happen... Its very difficult to find a nice walk up unit in those parts, its always the top of some 5 story non elevator building or something.
So, did he show up?
So, did he show up?