Lilikoi, very sorry to hear about your privacy invasion and missing items.
For your peace of mind, You should consider moving quickly if your only renting. I write this because you, your schedule, and remaining belongings have been cased by these so called squatting thieves. These thieves are more likely to return to take more items next week than you are to get Thursdays stolen items back.
Once when we lived at the bottom of Nanawale we had some thieves return 3 days in a row. I remember We felt violated and helpless everyday we came home from work. To end this returning circus. I had to have the wife drive off and leave me waiting in the garage for these thieves to return, Sure enough they did. Usually they can only think about today's rock or fix and they generally don't care what they will have to do to get it,jmo.
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Mahalo everyone for your advice. I will post more info about their vehicle next time I see it. I'm going to take a picture of the vehicle and the thieves next time I see them and post it here and everywhere.
I am not letting this go and I am going to follow up on everyone's suggestions of contacting police, governor and councilman. I do not expect to get my things back, I just want these people to stop terrorizing my neighborhood. The thieves have been back to steal more from me since Thursday.
I have been informed that HB1561 will go into effect on July 1st and after that squatting would be considered a public nuisance and would give neighborhood associations authority to evict unauthorized residents. That's great news and I will take every measure to have them evicted.
And then I will do the same thing when the next group of squatters move into that house!!!
And then what? I own my property and don't want to leave. In my opinion, it all comes down to making the bank realize they are allowing a dangerous situation to continue on multiple levels. What if someone hurt themselves in that abandoned house and sued the bank? The squatter presence is significantly lowering the quality of life for people in our neighborhood. I don't have solar power anymore since they stole my equipment but the squatter house is lit up like a christmas tree every night. They rigged their electric meter to steal power from helco. Helco has been contacted and will hopefully take action and shut it off.
This is so frustrating since these people keep coming back to steal more from me and I feel so helpless!!! More has been stolen and I have removed everything else from the lot and I am staying elsewhere until this passes over. It should NOT be the case that I am too afraid to go to my own HOME because of these criminals who will not stop coming onto my property.
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Sounds like you need some dogs.
I like Mrs. Mimosa's solution too, " fire 2 rounds at dawn.."
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The thief even stole all my clothes and shoes that were accessible (Hot pink and black running sneakers)! I'm going to see her walking down the road with my clothes on!
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Originally posted by lilikoi
I'm going to see her walking down the road with my clothes on!
Perfect chance to reclaim your belongings and leave her barefoot at the same time.
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Glad to hear the new squatters bill passed. I did write the governor and asked him to pass it. It's way overdue.
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Aw man tough situation. If they robbed you they probably won't be back for awhile. I'm not sure about Kenney's and Mimosa's solution of firing a rifle at dawn. If the thieves hear a gun, that's something else for them to steal when they case your place and see you go to town and leave the gun at home.
If that happened to me, I'm not sure how far I'd go. Night vision goggles, a sniper rifle and a cat burglar suit come to mind.
But anyway short of that, a fenced in yard with dogs is the best answer. It doesn't have to be the whole property or even perfect and straight. Just staple the fence to trees around your house to save money. You might have to dig a couple holes and buy a few bags of quickrete but the job could be done in a day or two especially with help. I'll come help you if you organize it!
Later on with your large dog easily recognizing the territory it needs to defend around your house you will feel much safer and a thief will move on to the next, easier house to case instead.
P.S. Fake video cam's with a battery and red light on are handy too.
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A one minute timer on a door and window trip circuit, or room sensor, connected to a diesel locomotive horn inside the house, not in the attic comes into my mind.
"What were you sayin' ?".
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Why couldn't everyone on say, a road get together and hire a private security company to patrol their neighborhood...documenting all traffic and such.
..What would King Kamehameha do..
