Feeling like a hero!

Today I actually feel like a HERO!  Several weeks back there was a break-in at one of the houses down the road on my street. My street, Street 13, is the last street in this small housing area.  The 2 thieves broke into the house through the back upstairs window and they were caught on CCTV.  However, they were both wearing caps and their faces could not be seen.  The CCTV recording showed them climbed up the downspout, then went down, disappeared for a few minutes, then they came back, climbed up again and then finally came down the second time with the loot. 

The CCTV recording was shown on our residents' association facebook page.  The Committee members who had analyzed the recording were baffled where the theives went during their disappearance before they came back to climb up again. 

I too saw the CCTV and the 2 guys looked kind of familiar, particularly their physique and the way they dress.  Several months ago I saw them walking along the main road of our housing area at about noon.  When I saw them, they were walking as though they were going home. I remember them because when I drove past them I made a mental note that it was odd that these 2 men should be walking around when they should be in their office working.

I called up the Secretary of the Residents' Committee and gave my 2 cents worth.  What I said was that I have seen 2 persons in our housing area looking quite like the 2 guys in the CCTV recording.  I also said that these 2 persons could be staying at either Street 12 or Street 13 because when I saw them, they were already reaching the end of the main road.  The Secretary then said that this possibility is very high because then the tape recording made sense.  He speculated that they must have failed to open the window the first time and had come down the downspout to go back home to take the necessary equipment before climbing up again. 

The Resident Committee, the security and the police then worked along this angle and investigated quietly for several weeks.  Early this morning the thieves were apprehended by the police at one of the houses on Street 12.  Apparently they are renting a house on street 12, a few doors away back to back from the victim's house. Today on facebook the Secretary commended me for having given the "first clue" which led to the arrest of the 2 "rats".  I can't help feeling like a hero!  ha..ha...  Anyway I am glad I contributed in a small way.  The Committee and the Security must have worked very hard to have the case solved. TQ RA, security guards and also the police.