Robbed

Today, sometime between 1030 and 1130, someone broke into our apartment. They took our laptop, video camera, and digital still camera. All together, we’re out about $2,700.00 Whoever it was must have been keeping a pretty close watch on us for a while, because they timed their escapade for exactly when Mary Ann was out shopping. Fortunately, we had backed up the laptop recently, so she only lost about two days of work on her thesis.

I’m quite glad to all the help we got through my workplace. They sent me down to the main police station with a translator, which made things a lot easier. I’m fairly confident that the office I was in for starting the investigation used to be a jail cell at one point, but that just adds to the ambiance. I also got to see where they are storing the vehicles from the Harriri explosion, so that was another item of interest.

In the course of the investigation, it has come to light that the concierge was asked to change the locks on our apartment when we first moved in, but didn’t actually do it. This sheds some light on why there was no actual forced entry into the house. Whoever broke in used a key, or did a very good job picking the lock.

Things got a bit hectic this evening, with the landlord coming over, and a squad of forensic detectives dusting for prints and so forth. We had Danielle in her chair eating some chocolate, but in all the hustle and bustle she got a bit dirtier than she normally would have.



Later on, Mary Ann and I were both finger printed so they could compare our prints with the samples they lifted off the house. Tune in later for my witty insights on how to clean up the plague of black fingerprint dust.



Fortunately, we do have renter’s insurance, and it does cover this sort of thing. I’m curious to see how the claim process goes.