1 Invasion + 1 Invasion ÷ 1 Month = WTF! Part 2
In the last story we left off with with my buddy moving on from an armed home invasion that I was present for. I have been shot at in the past during random foolishness. But this was my first encounter with this type of situation. I also have been home for a random break-in. The kid/rookie burglar didn't think anyone was home at 10am because no cars were in the driveway and I didn't answer the door because I was asleep. Once I heard my door being crow-bared open, I did get up and scare the kid off. As far as being personally robbed, I have had theft situations with girls that I have written about in previous stories. Maybe some minor petty thefts with guys over the many years. I have never actually been held up for anything or physically robbed though. Nobody has ever tried this with me. I feel it is either because they know I am the type that likes to get even or they like/respect me. People have jerked me on debts, but I have probably recovered 97% of all debts. Even if I had to make someone rake my yard or build a shed for me, to satisfy the debt. But I never expected to become a target.
A little over a month after the incident at 420's apartment I was at the casino for a few days with Poker Jay. I had a good time drinking and gambling. I was actually doing well every day and covering all costs. Hotel,drinks,tipping,food, etc. I lent out money to about 4 friends. But I busted the $5k I had on me the day before I left. Oh well, I was driving home on Monday with Poker Jay and I dropped him off. I ended up bringing my girl to visit some friend in her hometown. I decided to just go have dinner at my mom's until she was done. I do visit my mother's often and this is the house I lived in from 13-21. I had met my girl here and she actually lived right down the street from. Made for some funny girl next door moments. Now that I'm thinking about it, I figure I'll tell a quick one.
We were sort of dating the summer of 2003 and I would be out all night partying. If I didn't find any girls out, I would just pull over and park at the bottom of my street on the way home. I would sneak in through her first floor window and smash her. She was 17 and had a stricter curfew than I did as a 19 year old. So she was always there. Worked out perfect for me. After I got done I would usually sneak back out the window and go home. But this one night I was so drunk, I passed out and she couldn't get me up to go home. Then I awoke when I heard her house up and her mother calling her for breakfast. I was like OMG, I need to get the **** out of here. The sunlight was pouring in and I was only in my boxers. She told me to be quiet and that she would let me know when to sneak out. I heard her mother coming down the hallway so I jumped up and hid behind a dresser. Her mother opened the door, telling her again about breakfast. My girl followed her out and I thought the coast was clear when the mother didn't see me. But then I heard the door open again. I'm standing there hiding and her ****ing dog is sniffing me. I hear the mother yelling "Mika!" for the dog to come, but she doesn't. I try to shoo the dog away and fail. The mother comes into the room to get the dog and reaches for the collar then noticing me standing there in complete embarrassment wearing only boxers. It was very awkward and her mother just said "Hello Jon". She had met me a few times, and was a earth crunchy kind of woman. As she was in the middle of asking me what I was doing, my girl interrupted and said I was drunk and lost my house keys last night. That I couldn't get in. The whole moment was priceless. The mom said "Well that's a shame, would you like breakfast?" I declined and got the hell out of there.
Alright back to the real story. I finish dinner and decide I'm going to catch up on some Netflix on the PS4, in the game room upstairs on the 2nd floor. This is actually my old bedroom, the one in the slap a snatch video. But has been converted into a sort of extra family room with all the game systems. I just empty my pockets and lay down on the couch waiting for my girl to call me while resuming the Breaking Bad series.
Everything is quiet. My step-sister who lives there is at work and my mom and step-dad are in the basement family room watching TV. An hour has gone by when all of a sudden I hear a violent smashing coming from downstairs. This was not something normal and kept repeating. I initially jump up and think it has to be the police. I had been raided by the police when I was 20 and still living at my mother's. So this was a somewhat reminder of that time. But that is a whole different story. I head down the stairs to confirm if my suspicion is correct. I start to realize it's not the police with the way the banging was going on. I stood and hid behind a wall until whoever it was entered. Within 3 more bangs they were in. I could hear my step-father yelling from the basement "What's going on up there!" I could see 2 masked guys with guns cutting through the kitchen to the basement door through a mirror reflection on a huge hutch. They couldn't see me and opened the door yelling for them to get on the ground. This was a perfect time to be armed. They would of had no shot with the way my mother's house is laid out. But I wasn't and had to think fast and resort to calling the police for help. I could here them yelling at my step-dad about where the money is. They were definitely Spanish from their voices. Young too. It was almost de-javu of the incident with 420. I could here my mom saying "What are you talking about?" I tried to quietly creep over and grab the house phone while they were down the stairs. I had left my cell-phone upstairs when I emptied my pockets and layed on the couch. They heard me grabbing the phone which was probably best case scenario. It made them leave my parents alone. I heard one of them say "I think someone is upstairs!" I just grabbed the phone and bolted out a side door to call the cops. They both left my parents downstairs and went to the first floor to find me. I could see into the house through windows and a slider. My parents then took that opportunity to flee out a basement exit. That's a problem with trying to rob my parents house. The lay-out isn't normal and there is like 7 exits. One of the kids went outside to look for me. My parents were already knocking on the neighbors door for help. The kid who went outside looking for me realized he should probably split and ran to the getaway car. I am the phone with 911 this whole time giving updates. The other idiot went upstairs to the 2nd floor when he seen the light I left on. He grabbed a necklace and watch I had taken off and sat on the coffee table earlier. He tried getting out a door that never gets used and had no success. I waited for him to come running out and followed him while still telling 911 where to go. They had a getaway car parked a street over with a driver. The cops already had that street blocked off and stopped the car I described.
I ran over to meet my parents at the neighbors and make sure they were okay. They were never touched but my step-dad did hand over like $80 from his pocket when they asked for money. The police secured the scene, then the detectives showed up. From the ages of 15-21 I was kind of a terror in that town, so I was well known. Right away the detective says "Hey were not looking to bust you for anything, but why did this happen?" I told him I wasn't sure and it 100% wasn't drugs. I told him it must have been just for money. He was a bit skeptical, but I wasn't lying. I was very confused myself. Anyone who actually knows me would never try this. Especially in this town and if they knew the layout of my mother's house. I kept thinking it was possibly linked to 420's incident. But couldn't connect. My girl finally showed up and was in shock.
The cops came back and said they have 3 guys and wanted our statements. I went down to the police station and gave mine to the detective. I honestly couldn't figure this out. I had seen the guys in a line-up that night and never seen them prior to this night. They were much younger then me and no names rang a bell. They were clearly not familiar with the house lay-out because alot of the early banging was an unsuccesful attempt to enter through an un-used door. The ******ed get-away driver was actually wearing a GPS bracelet from a prior gun charge he was out on bail for. I racked my brain and met with the police the next day to pick up my chain and watch that was recovered. I guess one of the kids had talked under questioning. I don't want to give away to many details because the case is still ongoing. But there were 2 more white kids at the scene in a different car. The kid who arranged all of this is a low-life, pathetic, dope head, scrub, punk. I had never met this loser before in my life. But after quick research of my own I was told from every source he was a total scumbag base head. Apparently he had intel from somewhere about me. That I keep my cash at my mother's house and am never there. That there was a minimum of $60k of poker winnings. He got 3 idiots to sign-up for this job and let them go in blind. He intended on splitting the money with them and part ways.
As far as his intel I am still not sure who gave him it. Hope to eventually find out. I can understand why people would have this intel. I am generally a cash kind of guy and many people know this. I have also had people I trusted pick up money from there a least a couple dozen times over the years. Mostly for them to bring down to the casino to me when I bust what I have on me. I have had future addicts/junkies around me at the casino and over hear my conversations about these pick-ups. Also some past friends that turned into dope-heads that knew alot about me. Also the night it happened, I had a rental SUV. So a car I would be known for wasn't at the house.
So the personal hunt was on for this piece of ****. I would have rather have someone rob me in the street like a man or set me up than go into my mother's house. I staked out a crack house he supposedly frequents. His parents, and mostly his kid's mothers house where his children are. No luck anywhere. Turns out he was already in jail on an un-related charge he knew he was going in for right after the home-invasion. He was in a different county and was probably the safest place for him. This coward even got his children's mother arrested for sneaking him in heroin on a visit to get his fix.
They are all awaiting trial and in Mass the minimum mandatory for Home-Invasion is 20 years, up to life. I hope these scumbags get the max, but will settle for the minimum. I feel really bad about my parents having to go through this. But luckily I was there and it ended with the 2nd best case scenario. Nobody getting hurt, nothing getting stolen, and suspects arrested. Best case was obviously to exercise "Castle Laws".
So to sum it up, I had been in 2 armed home invasions within a month of each other. Where the people who attacked did not know me. I was able to escape with only a bump from one and had nothing stolen. Either way the whole situation is crazy and just another chapter in my life of degeneracy.
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