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wrandolph
Citizen
Username: Wrandolph
Post Number: 17
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2003 - 6:57 pm: |     |
there has been a rash of house robberies in maplewood (fairview terrace, up the hill and parallel to wyoming) ... i know of at least two houses broken into in the LAST WEEK during the daytime ... plus at least one car break-in six months ago overnight ...
nice, quiet street ... not so safe ...
secure your house well and turn on the alarm systems !!! |
Wordsmith
Citizen
Username: Wordsmith
Post Number: 1
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2003 - 11:33 pm: | |
Dear wrandolph,
Do you mean robberies or burglaries? These words mean very different things.
Thank you,
Ms. Wordsmith
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jab
Citizen
Username: Jab
Post Number: 85
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 21, 2003 - 11:39 pm: | |
He (or she) presumably meant burglary, but we still need to know whether NJ has extended by statute the common law definition of burglary to include daytime intrusions into dwellings and intrusions at anytime into cars. I would be more concerned to hear about robbery in Maplewood. In any case, I'm staying inside for the time being. Ok, only a week to go... |
wrandolph
Citizen
Username: Wrandolph
Post Number: 18
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 5:29 am: | |
robbery = the act or practice of robbing; specifically : larceny from the person or presence of another by violence or threat
burglary = the act of breaking and entering a dwelling at night to commit a felony (as theft); broadly : the entering of a building with the intent to commit a crime
these crimes were committed: A. during the daytime (except the car break-in which was at night), B. not in the presence of any people (to the best of our knowledge) |
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