we were robbed
it was my friend maritzi's birthday party. it was being hosted at my place. all day i was getting bad feelings about it. it was just some girls from itc and some friends from lisa's work that were coming over. lisa invited the neighbors just so that they wouldnt complain about the noise.
(on a side note, i really am not a fan of our neighbors. they are loud and disrespectful and were almost kicked out of our apartment complex on their second day here.)
so its about 10 girls dancing to thriller, approximately 5 friends of lisa's and suddenly the neighbors and about 4 of their friends stop by. i'm guarding the back of the house as much as i can because i dont trust people i dont know in my house. i just got my car broken into, why get more shit stolen?
as the night continues, maggie wants to leave the party and go to bed. she soon realizes that her purse is missing. everyone had left their purses on our dining table in our kitchen. we don't know if it was stolen or if she just misplaced it at this point but she calls her mom, cancels all of her cards, and ends up sleeping over at kendra's place.
shortly before maggie and kendra left, my neighbor, melissa, shows up to see what was going on. i tell her the story and then i notice one of the neighbors' friends walk into our hallway closet and shut the door on himself. i have clothes in that closet and was creeped out so i told him to get the hell out of there. then i locked my bedroom door and went to melissa's place to calm down for a minute.
while at melissa's, i get a phone call from lisa saying that maggie didn't just misplace her purse and that other shit was stolen. maritzi's (the birthday girl's) digital camera was gone, along with her debit card and cell phone. lisa's old ipod, old unusable cell phone, and car radio faceplate were stolen. in addition, one of the girl’s from lisa’s work had her purse go missing too. nothing of mine was taken because my door was locked.
(another side note, my doorknob broke a month or two ago and i replaced it with one that was lockable. so my room was the only room inside our place that had a lock on it.)
we knew everyone at the party except for the neighbors' friends. we have no proof that it was them but it wouldnt be the girls that ive known for 2 years or lisas work friends. the only people that were going back in that part of the house were people going to the bathroom. and the neighbors' friends were back there a lot.
at this point, girls are crying and lisa's inebriated friend from work is getting angry, decides to be a macho guy, and goes pounding on the neighbors' door. the neighbors refuse to talk and so finally lisa's friend goes to walk home. i am cleaning up the house and decide maybe if i act calmly, the neighbors would talk to me. i go to their door, but either they are all asleep or ignoring me as well. i turn around to go back when i see one of the neighbors' friends standing behind me saying "it was self defense, i'm sorry about your friend". lisa had walked out around this time and i see her go running. i look off our balcony and there is the guy who was pounding on their door earlier, knocked out in the middle of the street.
supposedly lisa's friend hit him first and then the neighbor's friend knocked him out. i called 911 because he wasn't waking up. after about 5 minutes he was conscious again. the police, fire department, and ambulance showed up and decided that he was alright. after about 20 minutes, his friend walked him home.
i had talked to the managers as soon as we realized things were gone. the manager came out again after the police showed up and i told him the rest of the story. about how, although our friend might have thrown the first punch, our friend was knocked out and our things were still missing. our manager said that there will be a meeting between these neighbors and the managers soon (either today or tomorrow, i'm not sure because it was 3am when all of this was going down) and that this is their third strike. he asked me if i felt safe living next to them and i honestly had to say no.
later on, lisa found her old phone along with one of the girl's keys in the cup holder in the camping chair on our balcony. lisa's bag of tools, that were in our hallway closet, were behind the toilet. i'm sure we're going to find some other weird stuff, but that's it for now.
and what frustrates me the most is that i was actually having a good time with the neighbors. i just feel almost betrayed to have been that nice to them and then have them steal from my friends.
(on a side note, i really am not a fan of our neighbors. they are loud and disrespectful and were almost kicked out of our apartment complex on their second day here.)
so its about 10 girls dancing to thriller, approximately 5 friends of lisa's and suddenly the neighbors and about 4 of their friends stop by. i'm guarding the back of the house as much as i can because i dont trust people i dont know in my house. i just got my car broken into, why get more shit stolen?
as the night continues, maggie wants to leave the party and go to bed. she soon realizes that her purse is missing. everyone had left their purses on our dining table in our kitchen. we don't know if it was stolen or if she just misplaced it at this point but she calls her mom, cancels all of her cards, and ends up sleeping over at kendra's place.
shortly before maggie and kendra left, my neighbor, melissa, shows up to see what was going on. i tell her the story and then i notice one of the neighbors' friends walk into our hallway closet and shut the door on himself. i have clothes in that closet and was creeped out so i told him to get the hell out of there. then i locked my bedroom door and went to melissa's place to calm down for a minute.
while at melissa's, i get a phone call from lisa saying that maggie didn't just misplace her purse and that other shit was stolen. maritzi's (the birthday girl's) digital camera was gone, along with her debit card and cell phone. lisa's old ipod, old unusable cell phone, and car radio faceplate were stolen. in addition, one of the girl’s from lisa’s work had her purse go missing too. nothing of mine was taken because my door was locked.
(another side note, my doorknob broke a month or two ago and i replaced it with one that was lockable. so my room was the only room inside our place that had a lock on it.)
we knew everyone at the party except for the neighbors' friends. we have no proof that it was them but it wouldnt be the girls that ive known for 2 years or lisas work friends. the only people that were going back in that part of the house were people going to the bathroom. and the neighbors' friends were back there a lot.
at this point, girls are crying and lisa's inebriated friend from work is getting angry, decides to be a macho guy, and goes pounding on the neighbors' door. the neighbors refuse to talk and so finally lisa's friend goes to walk home. i am cleaning up the house and decide maybe if i act calmly, the neighbors would talk to me. i go to their door, but either they are all asleep or ignoring me as well. i turn around to go back when i see one of the neighbors' friends standing behind me saying "it was self defense, i'm sorry about your friend". lisa had walked out around this time and i see her go running. i look off our balcony and there is the guy who was pounding on their door earlier, knocked out in the middle of the street.
supposedly lisa's friend hit him first and then the neighbor's friend knocked him out. i called 911 because he wasn't waking up. after about 5 minutes he was conscious again. the police, fire department, and ambulance showed up and decided that he was alright. after about 20 minutes, his friend walked him home.
i had talked to the managers as soon as we realized things were gone. the manager came out again after the police showed up and i told him the rest of the story. about how, although our friend might have thrown the first punch, our friend was knocked out and our things were still missing. our manager said that there will be a meeting between these neighbors and the managers soon (either today or tomorrow, i'm not sure because it was 3am when all of this was going down) and that this is their third strike. he asked me if i felt safe living next to them and i honestly had to say no.
later on, lisa found her old phone along with one of the girl's keys in the cup holder in the camping chair on our balcony. lisa's bag of tools, that were in our hallway closet, were behind the toilet. i'm sure we're going to find some other weird stuff, but that's it for now.
and what frustrates me the most is that i was actually having a good time with the neighbors. i just feel almost betrayed to have been that nice to them and then have them steal from my friends.