[Sherlock]

Do you remember the attempted break in at some relative of the Smarts (was it Lois Smart's sister?) where a chair was used to get through a window. I don't remember if a screen was also cut at this incident?

Yes, the screen was cut. And it was later reported it was at the same time of night of the kidnapping of Liz so my guess is it woke the girl up if they knew what time it was. I've always thought this was a diversionary tactic by other members of the 'Ricci gang' to send a message to police Ricci is not their man and the real kidnapper is still out there operating.