FREEPER ADVICE NEEDED - HOME GROWN THUGS TERRORIZING NEIGHBORHOOD!

26 May 2006 | 54-46 Was My Number

[AmericanMade1776]

Get a camera surveillance set up in your neighborhood. Read this story. 5/15/2006

Arsonists Caught on Tape

Sacramento City fire officials are looking for two men caught on tape setting a house on fire.

A home surveillance camera recorded the incident May 12 in the early morning hours at a home on the 8100 block of Center Parkway in Sacramento. The video shows two masked men throwing a flammable substance on the home, then throwing an incendiary device at it.

By the most recent incident, the victims had installed a surveillance camera system, which caught two men in action. Still, the fire caused extensive damage to the garage and landscaping. Fire investigators estimate the damage at $15,000.

The victims declined an on-camera interview, but did tell News10 "this is no way to live." Fire officials say they don’t know why this family, which consists of a couple and their two young sons, has been targeted. Anyone who recognizes the arsonists or knows anything about the case is encouraged to call the the Sacramento City fire Department arson hotline at (916) 433-1659.

http://www.kxtv.com/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=17589

[loreldan]

Good thing you didn't know me when I was growing up - I remember people like you though! :) My advice: Let it go. It's a phase that will pass. They'll lose interest if people stop reacting. It's the thrill of the reaction and not getting caught that make them want to keep doing it.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

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[finnman69]

Sentry guns

[YouPosting2Me]

Install the Scare Crow motion sensor water sprinkler.

http://www.nixalite.com/scarecrow.aspx

[Alberta's Child]

The alternative is to find out who they are and then go and detonate something in front of their homes.

I could hook you up with something that'll be loud enough to wake the dead and bright enough to turn all the nearby streetlights off.

[54-46 Was My Number]

You could also try to find out where they are buying these things and ask the clerk there to get a license plate number.

Great advice---and I actually tried that. I live in northern MA, and around here, you can only buy fireworks legally in NH. So I called up all the fireworks purveyors in southern NH and of course I got "we don't sell those," "I don't know what you're talking about," etc.

[finnman69]

[tomzz]

Places like Cabelas and Gander Mountain sell cameras which record deer movements at all hours. I'd assume they work with motion sensors, and they're not expensive.

[OXENinFLA]

The night vision on it work ok but if you can also set up a motion light too it would help.

[cbkaty]

Malicious mischief at nightime in Texas....can result in a homeowner's use of deadly force....(there is a defense to prosecution in state law)

Now I do not recommend that....unless your life is in danger.

Use a video cam...catch the little darlings in the act....

Should they retaliate, use your imagination.....go to the next step....

[zip]

This isn't an attempt to be humorous - call Homeland Security about terrorists practicing planting IED's.Make it serious before someone get maimed. Local LEO's aren't going to take it seriously.

[evets]

Shoot, shovel, and shaddup.

[54-46 Was My Number]

Good thing you didn't know me when I was growing up - I remember people like you though! :) My advice: Let it go. It's a phase that will pass. They'll lose interest if people stop reacting. It's the thrill of the reaction and not getting caught that make them want to keep doing it.

It may be a phase thing that will pass . . . but it's been going on for four summers in a row now . . .

[Moonman62]

As most are saying, cameras work. You could even get a disposable with flash. Sneak up on them, say "cheese" and pop the flash in their faces. Security cameras don't work that well unless you spend a lot of money, especially if there is poor lighting or if some distance is involved.

[DoughtyOne]

Someone may have mentioned this already, but I'd water the lawn from 19:30 to 21:00.

BTW, I'll bet these little pranksters are located somewhere they can observe the explosion and the reaction.

[michigander]

Excellent! :-)

[alpha-8-25-02]

GET A BIG DOG,LIKE A GERMAN SHEPHERD,THAT WILL KEEP THEM AWAY.PERPS ARE MORE AFRAID OF BEING MAULED THAN SHOT BECAUSE THEY KNOW MOST OF THE LAWS PROTECT THEM.IF THEY SUE THEY'LL HAVE TO ADMIT THE ARSON,SO THEY WILL MOST LIKELY GET BIT OR MOVE TO ANOTHER TARGET LOCATION WITHOUT CANINE SECURITY.

[Vision]

As long as you don't live in a blue state, get one of these

[CJ Wolf]

"It seems to happen between 1930-2100" Been going on over 70 years and into the future? /sarcasm

Give this guy a ring.