The perps didn’t hear the alarm after they broke into the basement? They weren’t concerned about the noise the garage door would make? Have they become so acclimated to prison life that it now longer bothers them? Is prison just another life style?
I would hope the home owner takes some of that expensive alarm money, buys a good gun, and a great dog.
Large are small, the dog is there to wake you up in time to blow the intruder away. The gun is there to make the dog feel safer. :0)
They were armed, and they assumed the homeowner wasn't or that they could deal with him if he was. As it turned out they were correct. They would be fatally wrong if they tried that with most of my friends. OTO if they tried it with most of my wife's friends they would be right.