Have you or someone you know been (or was almost) a victim of a crime?

Question

Please only serious answers... One night when i just moved into my new apt. i crazy guy came knocking on my door like at 11pm.. looking for his cat... he came to the back door and came into my patio and was kicking on my sliding glass door... i tought he was gonna break in, i tought he was gonna kill me, i was shaking, i called 911, and they took about 40 min!!!!! It is so scary u can be at ur house and violence comes knocking to your door,...

can you explain in ur answer if the assault of whatever it was ,... was buy someone you knew or seen or by a stranger

Answer 1

I surprised a burglar many years back in an old apartment I had; was July and we were having a terrible storm; left my 2nd floor bathroom window open a crack so the cat could go in and out; went to bed; heard some noises; they stopped; heard something again and remember saying to myself "damn, If I don't check I won't be able to sleep." So I literally jumped out of my bed and ran down the hall into the living room (just wanted to satisfy myself and get back to bed ASAP); There was a burglar going through my purse! I yelled: "What are you doing?" he ran into the kitchen (I guess thinking there was a way out), but came walking slowly back in; he was in black with a mask on; I asked again:"what are you doing?" and his reply was: "Ripping you off." I then said : "well, what did you take?" he said "You didn't have anything worth taking." Now I'm realizing how I'm dressed and start backing up to 1 of my doors by a window and cover my lower half with the curtain; I opened the door and said: "Please, just go." he looked at me and said: "are you sure you want me to go?" I opened it wider and said: "Please!" He walked out, I locked the door and leaned against it thinking how lucky I was; then I hear some light knocks...It was dark on the stairs and he wanted to get back in!!! I grabbed the phone, called 911, cops were there in force within about 2 minutes, talking to me on the phone...They never did catch the guy, but I had to have people sleep over for months afterwards and even slept with a hunter's knife under my pillow and a baseball bat by my bed for a couple of years after that! That Bastard! Next day, I checked my purse and he'd taken only $20.00 bucks and my Grandmother gave me a replacement 20...

Answer 2

I have been burglarized several times. Had my car broke into. My truck involved in a hit and run. Even had pets stolen from my yard. It's a royal pain in the butt. Hope your not still there. No excuse for the cops taking so long.

Answer 3

I was a victim of an atemptive murder, my boyfrind who i lived with tried to kill me and it was really scary i had to jum out of a moving car just to get away from him and hide in the bushes in the middle of nowhere in the middle of February without shoes or anything warm to wear for over an hour. it was scary i never thought that that would happen to me

Answer 4

I was the victim of a brutal sexual assault when I was 20. I won't go into details, but... yeah... you always think it won't happen to you, and then it does. :(

I'm glad nothing happened to you that night!

To elaborate - the assault was by a man who had seen me at my job, brought me flowers, asked me out, took me out for a date, and tried to rape me. He didn't make it that far... I'm a fighter. So, really, he was basically a stranger, because I'd only met him once.

Answer 5

My ex used to knock the crap out of me and after I finally did something about it he stalked me and violated the protection order.

Answer 6

IF YOU LIVE IN THE USA, WATCH OUT!! I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. SO YOU KNOW I KNOW WHAT CRIME IS ALL ABOUT. JUST WATCH YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE AROUND YOU. USE COMMON SENSE AND GOOD JUDGMENT. GOOD LUCK