My House Just Got Robbed. I need Advice Please!!!

[cannabudz]

Hello IC'ers, My house just got robbed. The thieves took all my cash, coins (change), TV, PS3, 10.2mp camera, etc...
basicly all my valuables. which wasnt much.. But my cash was where it hurt me the most. it was just under 4k.. not too big
of a hit to miss you might think.. but it sunk me, and now I have no idea what to do.. and i am freaking out a little bit atm
so.. bear with me..

Im paranoid as fuck right now.. heres why. i need advice from a like group such as yourselves. I guess i'll start with the
crime., they came through a open window (cause it was a nice day) and jacked my electronics and cash/coin and camera
and whatever else i dont know is missing just as of yet. The kicker is.. i was on the property at the time... just up at the
primary house cooking breakfast/lunch for the family. I was first up this morning and after the familes wake up we all
come to one house to eat. While we where eating, my daughter went down to the house to change her close for the day,
and noticed the door was open to the house. So the criminals came in a matter of 45min of anyone being there. I live in a
rural area, and the house is a good 100' off the road. the time frame of this leads me to think that the criminals where
watching the house, and waited to strike.


Now, they have my camera; which i used just for taking pics of flowers (buds). I used my camera as a way to keep
track of my work. So there are many pic's on there that are now exposed to whom knows who!!! FUCK! Also, while
they where there they rumaged through some of my paper work concerning costs and designs for grow chambers, etc..
they had to have seen the magazines dedicated to growing hydro crops etc.. So i'm Sooo freakin out atm! fuck


For the sake of many extended posts, i'll give a little back ground to as why i cant just up and leave the locality. I
realize i might be forced to at some point.. just stuck atm. I started smoking cannabis for my severe motorcycle accident.
Before that i was a hard working non smoking/Drinking blue collar worker. I gave my all in everything i did, personal,
professional, marriage, country (not in any order). After my accident i took the pain killers they prescribed. I could not
be "upright" standing or sitting for over 2 or so hours before i would vomite it up.. it happen with two different pain killers
they gave me. i cant remember what they where. i'm almost sure one of them was valium (spelling?). Before this i had not
used any sort of pain killers.. not even when i broke bones in motocross and gymnastics. not saying i'm some sort of
tough guy, it hurt i cried.. but the pills always freaked me out.. thought as them as dope.. like speed. (70's child).

Now my
accident happen just about the same time the California 215 prop. came out. I was reluctant to use cannabis but i did.
and i did it legal as i knew how to. So i find myself out of a job due to my accident and my saved money was running out
fast.. i cant keep buying the cannabis i was getting for my injuries. so i started to grow my own. was my fist crop of
anykind. I grew it well i guess, becuase the person that got me cannabis before, asked if he could get some of mine.. I
realized i could smoke my meds for free and not have to pay, and those that wanted "better" cannabis to smoke could
find it. I didnt ever feel right selling it, and looking like a "drug dealer" especially when i lived with my mother at the time.
So i didnt deal.,, i grew for patients only. one of them patients is my father inlaw, and a close friend, HIV and cancer and
HepC. So, now i feel sort of responsible for peoples medicine, along with my own. I have taken on this "responsibility"
for a very long time, with no vacation. I have learned so so so much in life, while learning about cannabis. Hell even met
Jack Herer, Eddy Lepp, and others. I enjoy the cannabis "life" for a lack of better word. The people, food, expression,
etc is all great with the "stoner" crowd.

But...
I managed to keep myself a secret to the visable world of the whole medical cannabis industry. meaning.. anything that
came from my garden and went to there, did not come directly from me.. i always have a proxy. For the sole sake of
anonymity. I am a father, and have a family that i dont want my garden to effect in a negative way.. like DEA raids or
even worse Home fucking invasion!!!! FUCK... like i said earlier, i'm not here to break laws, i have only the number of
plants growing as the doc/law has allowed me.. i wish it was more, but its not. (thats why no pics here on icmag heh. I
am a stay home father/homemaker i guess is what you would call it..

I take care of the property for my Mother (who
ownes the entire lot) and make sure my kid dont dance with a pole. Being a parent, growing for sick people, keeping the
property upkept, cooking for 6, etc can become overwhelming at times.. but i've kept it all together so far.. until now.. this
break in' and my camera pics, and personal sketches of canna systems etc.. A COMPLETE REVIEL OF MY HIDDEN
LIFE. I fell liek Dexter from the Showtime show DEXTER, when Sgt. Dokes took dexters blood slides.. fucking freaking
out. Why? because i feel like the criminals might come back for a bigger "score".. but the shitty thing is.. i dont make
money at this.. it had taken me almost 10 fucking years to save 4k. and i owe on my credit card.!. I dont have any fresh
cannabis atm, i only have a few in the 2nd day of bloom cycle. and only about 1oz to last me until i can find a way to get
some more. Im affraid if the criminals come back looking for a big score of cannabis it might be at gunpoint, and i dont
want that anywhere near my family. which leads me to another fucked story..

My mother is a government employee and
has been doced pay, and over that last two years our household income has fallen 30% or better. Not to mention the
reduced 401k's. my mother is within 1 year of retirement and wouldnt mind moving out of california even, but she isnt
budging until she retires.


So now im stuck with a decision to make.. For one, i dont feel safe growing here in the same location. But i've been
alone and mentally stuck in a "cannabis" dominated way of life.. I liked it so much (people, the vibe) that i never thought
about leaving.. but now its been forced on me i feel. So now i have to look for a "public" job outside of cannabis.. you
know, the jobs you have to pee in a cup for. which i see as a submission move, and pisses me off. but whatever.!. I might
not have mentioned before, that the motorcycle wreck left me unable to perform my prior job duties (physical)
construction, auto-modification, blah blah blah..

So I will have to take some sort of job training.. but i have NO clue what
i want to do on this side of the fence (mental). Hell besides the bible and instruction booklets (auto/electronic) i didnt read
books prior to my wreck.. I had no clue how smart other people where at that time.. LOL.. now i feel so stupid in the
scope of things. I mean seriously i can not do math for shit.. fractions, and beyond are all jibberish.. i can add, subtract,
multiply, and divide.. my spelling is so-so.. (not using a spell check on this anywhy so you will see I'm a real fast learner
if it doesnt involve math.. hell, i even learned how computer parts work via the schematics.. i'm sort of a reverse
engineering kind of person. Hence my 8pc's around me atm (gamer) pew-pew..

I feel i can do alot of different type of
jobs, but not good at anyone thing. "jack of all trades, master of none". So here is where i get depressed.. I realize i'm not
of mental stature to earn enough money, to live where i live. meaning.. i wont be able to pay as much rent, hence lowering
my mothers income even more. after talking with here about this, it is realized we will lose the property and houses soon..


My aunt that lives with us just filed bancruptcy "today"! So. things are hitting the fan.. My child might have to move to
another state and live with her mother (which i want to avoid at all costs) if it pans out the way it is headed. I have lived
here the longest (25+years) and dont want to leave, but....? wtf can i do.. i feel so stuck, its not even funny. Bills are going
to be due, and i'm completely broke for months to come. /sigh.. I'm tired of typing, and need to hear what some of you
think i should do.. if you have ever been in a situation like this before.. please.. Tyvm in advance.


P.S. im not at all against seing a psychologist or therapist if that is the "best thing to do" is. and it is looking like it is.
'cause i have not stopped crying since the sheriff left (filed a report). And i feel like the world is engulfing me as i sit here.

Cannabudz..

 

[ocean99]

Copypasta?

 

[cannabudz]

Yes i copy pasted.. i get booted out of icmag if i take too long to post. so i do it off line.

 

[ocean99]

^^Ahh.

Well it was too long, but I gather you got robbed, no? Haha. That's a bummer. This happened to a friend a while back, see if your neighbors saw anything and if not wait to hear about it. If you live in a smaller town there's no doubt the idiots will open their mouths about it.

 

[sackoweed]

wow that is a tough break.. It is hard to give advice cos people all handle major probs like that very differently. Did you have insurance? renters or home? At least if you do you can get all material things back plus add a few things missing that really werent. Hell you pay enough for insurance and how often do you use it.. So at least that should be ok. As for the cash wow that sux, why would you leave that much money at home sitting out. At least in a bank you earn a lil interest.. It sounds as if there are quite a few different peeps living there between all of you guys you cant stay afloat till things get a lil better.. Sorry to hear this happened to ya.. Hopefully the scumbags that did this will get brave enough to do it again to someone else and get caught this time maybe shot dead by another house owner.. Good Luck.. peace.

sack

 

[Kush_Dreams]

I'm way to stoned at the moment to read all that but man that really sucks to hear you got robbed. The cash would be the biggest lose to me also. if you can get some more money quick some how and don't want the police involved, you're under no obligation to have the police help you so what about hiring a private investigator? Hope you find the bastards that did this, it's probably not random and if it is then you're probably really screwed.

Peace
KD

 

[PoopyTeaBags]

well if your not going to move then you need to reevaluate your situation and realize exactly whats going on... i read most your post it was long as shit.. lol if you stay you are now a prisoner in your own home.... If your lucky its just some punk kids.... only probs is they got alot of money and they obviosuly know now that you grow so them coming back is a good possibility...

Worst case is its a career type of person which will case you out over and over... soon as he cant get in hell come with a gun... Now everyone you see you will think is that the guy? shity way to live ive been there many times.... But not only that people talk and that person will tell alot of people there a grow in that house i can guarentee it... good luck if you stay and you own the house try and get a personal loan till next grow comes out.... wish you the best of luck....


we are moving ourselfs.... got to love them lazy bitches that cant do nothing for themselfs.....

 

[funkervogt]

I was robbed once of about 2 ounces of great bud and some bangin' growing gear (not in use). They broke into my apartment's storage unit and took the shit. It had my apartment number on it...

I moved 2 months later. It is simply not safe for you to be growing there, and right now I promise you very much that you are a target for these guys again. They've already got a taste ($4k). If they find bud shots on your camera, they're going to know that you're:
A) a hobbyist grower and therefor
B) an easy target

I don't know what to tell you here man. I personally would be afraid for myself and my family. Who can you turn to for help in town? Can you find out who these guys are?

 

[VT_Fire]

they gonna try and come back for the crop. It sucks but if they were greedy enough to come rob you...they even took your change man come on you think after seeing the bud porn on your camera and the hydro mags they aint gonna come back for the harvest? It blows but the garden gots 2 go

 

[sackoweed]

Yea man i was thinking you need to move these fux right as we speak are talking about your house and that grow... It is next on their to do list.. And you dont want to find out if they are comin back brother.. If you stay get a shotgun for sure.. But like someone said above you will now be a prisoner in your own home.. And that my friend is no way to live.. Man if you have to throw a car wash, pre sell tickets so even if peeps dont show up you still get paid.. And do some bake sales at the local wally world aka wal mart.. or if ya own yer house also someone stated before get a loan.. Shit obama is givin money out like he makes it in the basement.. Hope it all works out for ya brother.. peace.


sack

 

[koobreez]

I hate to hear BS like this.u got scumbags out here robbing people that have a hard enough time getting by as it is.It tough to say what u should do,cause now u have no funds to fall back on,u`ll have to find work,and leave ur family home for 8hr a day and worry about there safety while ur at work.I would say get security cams up,even a dog can help.And if the cops have been called I would ask if they could have a officer make a few round by the house for awhile.gl bro hope everything works out for the best.lets us know how u and the family keep up...

 

[cannabudz]

Hey there guys.. thanks alot for posting so quick,, near bed time here, and gonna try and get some sleep.. i set up a old proximity alarm i had, that i thought was broke. I hope that will help me sleep..
I called the sheriff asap. i had not one lick of bud in my house. so no worries there.
I kept that kind of cash at my house, because i couldnt show income for it.. lol. i work for my cousin sometimes (hooking up ISP cable) for cash. And i have not had a tax paying job for over 10 years... was living my whole life via proxy. /sigh..

Poopyteabags: you are right,, i do feel like a prisoner in my own home.. and that was just from growing.. now i feel hunted in my own home.

Funkervogt: I fear for a return robbery.. and dont want my family or myself into that.. but after looking at my pics on the camera.. your right, they will know i'm a hobbyist and might come looking for more.. thats my biggest fear yet. And realizing now that i do have to move asap. Im not even gonna grow anymore, i just want out of the way of harm.

I have yet to tell the three other people dependent on me for medicine.. I mean,, they are real sick, and need the cannabis to cope. but at this point, self preservation is where im thinking at..
So today my kid will wake up hungry and she will have food to eat today, tomorrow, and a few days after that.. but after say a week goes by,, how will i feed her?. Wellfare? i dont even know where to go for wellfare.. /sigh /cry... Do they even help males?.. jfc!
problem is,, i'm flat broke.. 9.00 bucks in the bank atm. i've never not had money to pay my bills. i always kept my money on hand less than 5k, so as not to be a target by crime. I dont buy bling or anything, as not to attract attention. having alot of money in the house didnt seem safe.. so.. i kept a 5k limit.. if i had anymore,, i would overflow to my dad.. but that hasnt been the case for many a years now. I'm just super worried now.. for the safety of my daughter, and myself... just hard to move away from a community and schooling after 25years of being here.
I need to go to bed. thanks for your replies.. i'll check back tomorrow..

Cannabudz.

 

[MrBomDiggitty]

Hey, well you know what? Here is a good idea to anyone with large amounts of cash or weed growin' at their spot... CLOSE THE FREAKING WINDOWS and LOCK YOUR DOOR.

I've had enough karmatic encounters to know that anyone who gets hit like this did something to deserve it... and if deserve it is too harsh a word, then well... how about you had it comming?

I mean, come on. If the window was closed, doors were locked you could have at least heard someone breaking in. And all that shit they took doesn't just fit in a backpack. Where did they park their car?

I smell inside job. Someone close to you spoke about your shit. Maybe your dealer took a loss and decided to fix his problems at your place. Shit, I dunno. I couldn't read through this guy's super long unformatted post. MY BAD FOR CRACKING A JOKE ON A WEED GROWING WEBSITE. At least we can all be real serious about perfect strangers again. WHEW.

 

[MrBomDiggitty]

Okay, now on a more serious note. YES, go get welfare. You should have already been getting welfare.

Your biggest problem is if these guys come back, which they will want to do.

Did the law take fingerprints? If not, they are not doing shit 4 you.

 

[Stoner4Life]

sounds like an inside job to me, too rural to be a
coincidence that you'd be busy just a few doors
down and they knew where to strike gold.......

 

[sackoweed]

you know S4L i was myself during my earlier posts.. He said families. ie lots of other people in the house.. hmmmm.. peace.

sack

 

[cannabudz]

Im back.. i cant sleep..
i see some are saying a inside job.. like i had employees.. heh.. it was just me.. my brother knew i grew, my father inlaw, and thats it. I have 1 friend who is poor and has nor ever smoked pot nor does he know anyone who does. So i'm not sure the "inside job" is an accurate statement,, though i thank you for the input.. seriously..

Sackoweed. I've lived here for with my family for over two decades.. NO one knew outside my family.. PERIOD.. i made sure of it.. I feel the criminals are stalking my address.. a few months ago.. i got a fraud warning in the mail from my credit card company.. someone tried to wright a 2800 dollar check on my checks they send in the mail.. thankfully i didnt have that much left on the account. Also while i was building that house i had a generator stolen. now after i built the house, this happens.. Another fucked up thing to be pissed off about. I have to leave a house i built with my own fucked up hands!!! FUCK!. Why do the fucking criminals always win??? WHY.....

Cannabudz

 

[Miss Blunted]

I'm 28 and I've been through this enough times....2 times I was there. I don't know what to tell you....get the fuck out of your house. Get out, don't look back...you're marked now, dissapear. Don't hesitate, accept the loss...keep you and your family safe. I know the devastation...but when you calm down and sleep, you wake up and don't sit on what happened. Collect yourself and don't lose your head, you don't have the luxury of that right now....you have to think it out, be practical and get things rolling. Hesitating will ensure you're gonna go through this again and again...and I'm sorry, this is how it is. There's a series of emotions that you're going through right now and it's a long process to get over a robbery, but having been through it so many times...I can just fucking skip it anymore and start picking up the pieces right away. That's the best advice I can give you at the moment.

 

[cannabudz]

Now, i'm here at my mothers house, cause my daughter is afraid to sleep at the other house. To be honest,, i'm afraid as well.. i read the news here.. just down the street from me, some fake FBI agents broke into a medical grow.. no arrests. and a shop owner i knew was shot dead not long ago in sacramento from a home invasion robbery.. So i'm very aware of the risk i take spending one more night in that house.. even though i only have 4 two foot tall plants going atm.. i want to quit the cannabis profession,, just not sure how to make the transition in a rapid way.. hence i'm only 9 dollars rich atm. And btw my plants are not in the house.. so the criminals never seen the "grow equipment" just the magazines and my drawings, and camera pics.
Still paranoid as fuck... going to talk to an old friend up north who might have some "under the table" work for me.. but that would leave my child here in a place that might get robbed again.. i wouldnt be able to take her with me up there.. i'd be in the timberland doing something with sticks or trees i'm sure..
slowly realizing that moving my life is going to be the only sure fire way to resolve this.. and even though i just got robbed,, my mental is not wanting to leave all that i have sown here over the years.. but.. ! FUCK!.. /sigh

cannabudz

 

[Miss Blunted]

I have a house....an expensive one that we won't be able to keep along with a new one. This was my life too...and it's not fair, but what are you willing to spend on it is what it comes down to. We have 70K wrapped up in this house and hesitating leaving it was a huge mistake...that's all I can tell you. Get your Daughter out before she ever has to see a gun. I don't have an explanation for why these armed robberies are happening more and more...I guess it's a sign of desperation in the times. But, they are getting more and more petty and frequent...and more violent. Murders in my city are way up and they're always over this shit...and much worse, of course. Dude...I'm just keeping it real with you, I'm one person at least that let you know you're not alone....and take my advice.