I agree with the post above. Nobody wants to fight a naked man.

Negative.
Time to address the situation the way it should be done.

Really Sucks

Knock on wood, I have never been robbed at my home. I am a little "over the top" with cameras and "countermeasures." If someone decided to do something dumb, 8 am would be far better than 8 pm. By 8 pm, I am normally full of "nasty juice" and would ask questions later.

My first thought. Couldn't even imagine living somewhere you have to lock your garage up.

We had some knuckle heads in our yard last Thursday night. Lucky for them I didn't know till a day later. I did the right thing and reported it Saturday morning. It took till tonight (Tuesday) For the the local cop to call me back to take the report. So three and a half days is the response time of the cops in a town of 400 people, and I'm 2 blocks from the police station.

hopefully you get your stuff back

Doubt if the cops will do anything about it but hopefully they will follow up.

Don't think it can't happen to you. Thieves are always looking for an opportunity. Leaving your garage unlocked, no matter where you live, is not a good idea.

My guess is the perpetrator was a hard-working carpenter working (2) jobs to live the American Dream and had plans of returning the tools upon achieving those dreams... or just needed Crack.

I live in a very rural area where about the only thing to happen is having someone leave you zucchini in your unlocked vehicle. But last winter we had an incident where two people drove around the country roads scoping out places. They would pull in and knock on the door. If someone answered they would act lost and ask for directions. If no answer they would walk in and help themselves. Thanks to some nosy neighbors they got caught.

Good luck

Even if you don’t have an alarm system you can buy do it yourself cameras. Wyze is a good brand with a good app as well. While it won’t dial police like our Vivint alarm system will, it will notify you if anyone is in your yard. Plus it gives you the evidence you need to justify your actions if you happen to catch them in the act. They are very cheap “protection” for your property.

finding a place where you won't get robbed is hard , I am about an hour from Madison and yet we frequently have people from Madison come out and go through cars in town.

people who lived in a small town their whole lives never bothered to lock their cars

Thieves know this and travel to spend a night going through cars

occasionally we hear about a garage also , but that is a less common.

the last big issue county wide was actually a local kid in Monroe , kid 15-16 of a long time teacher they traced him to more than a month worth of cars , garage , house and small business thefts.
kid had no reason to steal lived in a nice house with his parents

so I am not sure any where is safe from robbery , you could shoot them and string up the corpses from your fence but you would literally be shooting the neighbors kid who if they hadn't been investigating for a couple months no one would have believed it wasn't his first

Not many diff G door flobs. "CHIPS". Drop a tire iron or large pin through the door track. Follow up with Lead. The word would spread.............. Works on trapline thieves......... YES. Tut

That's why I bought a shotgun for home protection. Hopefully I'll never have to use it.

Reminder: "When seconds count, the police are minutes away".

In Florida when they catch them robbing a home they feed them to the Gators. Maybe we should start trapping Gators and moving them to other parts of America!!!

We have Beechnut and 45's here. This moron's days are numbered. Eye witness, video footage and and confirmed identity of perp. He'll turn up soon enough.

You've been lucky so far.
Welcome to the new world order. Biden style!