re: Anyone Ever Caught Someone In The Act Of Stealing?

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I have a toolbox on my truck that doesn't lock because it did not come with a key when I bought the truck (my fault for not changing the lock out)

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No need to change the lock out, dummy. There's a little code on the lock next to the keyhole, a series of numbers and letters. Type that in to Google and you'll be able to order a key online. Done it myself, and most of the online retailers will give your money back or a replacement if the keys font work


There's really only a handful of different locks used for those toolboxes. You can order keys to unlock 99% of them. Hopefully that should make you feel more secure

ETA:

At age 14 I was home alone when our house was broken into and had no idea until after the fact

Freshman year of HS I skipped school and stayed home without telling anybody. Our house was on the market and apparently some guy had been watching out house for a few days to see when people would be gone. I hear the front door open and I assume it's my mom and the school had called to tell her I wasn't there and she was coming to catch me. So I ran into my room and locked the door, turned the lights out and hide under my bed. I hear what I think is my mother making her way through every room in the house until they get to my door, see that it's locked and move on. Hear the person leave shortly after that. Maybe 30 minutes the garage door opens and it's my mom "again" and Im thinking damn she really wants to catch me. Hear her looking through the house again. She leaves. After 3 I figure it's safe to come out of my room because I'm supposed to be home anyway. Shortly after that a freaking police officer rings the doorbell. I think it's the truancy officer and I'm in deep shite, but he says "yeah I'm here about a report of a break in"

Turns out the first person I heard come in the house was actually a burglar. The neighbor saw him and called my mom, who came home to investigate which was the second person I heard.

I came clean to my mother about a year later