My Garage got broken into
@Ineeddentures (15199)
January 26, 2026 7:21am CST
Oh god what a start to the week
Got a phone call about my garage door.
Padlock removed.
So went to investigate
Padlock removed.
I opened the door, my bike was still there!!
Who would take the trouble to remove a padlock with a saw, and then not steal anything?
So brought bike home and will park it here for a while until I suss out what to do with the garage door.
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@Marilynda1225 (88256)
• United States
26 Jan
That really is strange but glad your bike wasn't stolen. Certainly would make me feel uneasy.
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@Marilynda1225 (88256)
• United States
27 Jan
@Ineeddentures hope they don't try again
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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27 Jan
@Marilynda1225
I don't mind if they do
The bike is at home and staying at home just now till I get the garage security beefed up.
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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26 Jan
I thought when I saw the lock that the bike for sure would be gone.
I cannot work out how it was still there.
The break in happened at 5am on Sunday morning..
CCTV saw the door opening.
Nothing else
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@lovebuglena (48835)
• Staten Island, New York
9h
Strange. They didn’t take anything at all? Maybe they wanted to padlock?
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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7h
They broke the padlock
So it wasn't that that they wanted
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@lovebuglena (48835)
• Staten Island, New York
7h
@Ineeddentures And you didn’t find anything missing?
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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6h
@lovebuglena
Nothing missing at all Lena
It's a bit weird, isn't it
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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26 Jan
No
No camera.
There used to be, but I think someone stole it
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@May2k8 (19598)
• Indonesia
13h
@Ineeddentures Maybe someone saw the incident so that person didn't steal your bike.
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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26 Jan
Update
Someone else's CCTV camera filmed the door opening.
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@velvet53 (23552)
• Palisade, Colorado
5h
@IneeddenturesThat's what I thought also. My son wasn't as lucky. Someone broke into his storage shed and took a bunch of stuff. Thank goodness he and his wife was able to get some of it back and the two people that broke in it ended up in jail.
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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5h
It's strange when people do something like this
At least if something had been stolen I would know for sure why they broke in
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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5h
@velvet53
Even if this person was caught he/she would not go to jail here
The Police won't follow this up as nothing was taken so I did not report ot
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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26 Jan
My bike is valuable Anna
Seems my garage was not alone in being broken into
We think that stones were left outside the garage door as a sign to someone with a truck to lift the bike a bit later.
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@LadyDuck (491678)
• Italy
26 Jan
@Ineeddentures - I am sure it is, but they wanted small things to bring with them, not a bike. May be they did not want to stay long and you are right they left a sign for someone who would come later.
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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26 Jan
@LadyDuck
Anyway, been back to the garage, locked it up again,
Got a camera on it now, if the person who broke the lock comes back we will see who it is
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@Kandae11 (56959)
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4h
@Ineeddentures He did that? Yes extreme for the purpose l mentioned.
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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4h
@Kandae11
Mind you I do have a nice seat someone would be comfortable sleeping on and stay out of the cold.
I think I have a gas canister stove on there and some coffee and milk sachets from McDonalds
A nice place to sleep with a coffee thrown in
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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7h
A bit extreme cutting a lock with bolt cutters
I obviously didn't have what the intruder was looking for
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@GardenGerty (167408)
• United States
27 Jan
Wow, that is very alarming. Maybe the potential thief got interrupted before he could take your bike.
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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7h
Aye
Very strange.
Especially given the bike could quite easily have been lifted on to a truck
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@LeaPea2417 (39381)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 Jan
Oh my goodness, thank goodness the bike was not stolen. Was there anything missing?
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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3h
@LeaPea2417
It's very strange
It felt surreal when I saw that the bike was still there
I really.couldnt believe it
@RasmaSandra (93433)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Jan
That is very strange to break in and not steel anything. Maybe someone is trying to scare you?
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@RasmaSandra (93433)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7h
@Ineeddentures perhaps it's time for an attack dog or cat???
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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6h
@RasmaSandra
Well no
To be honest the garage has been a pain in the butt
I might not bother with it anymore
@Ineeddentures (15199)
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27 Jan
Won't scare me.
There were a few garages broken into at the weekend.
It's a small town, someone will slip up.
And when they do, they will be scared
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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7h
It's excellent that it wasn't stolen.
It it did make me think.
So now I am going to build a bike shelter in our courtyard at the rear of the house
@LindaOHio (211969)
• United States
26 Jan
I'm sorry someone broke into your garage.
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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26 Jan
I am as well but the bike wasn't taken,
And now it's home here at our house in our courtyard.
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@Shivram59 (46954)
• India
26 Jan
Good news is that nothing was stolen. You now need to find out who did it. I think you should have a CCTV there.
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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26 Jan
A CCTV camera did catch the moment the door was opened
But the door opening obscured the view of who did it
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@Shivram59 (46954)
• India
13h
@Ineeddentures Was it a single man who did it, or some others were with him?? Did the police recognize their faces??
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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6h
@Shivram59
Never reported it
There were a few broken I to.
Nothing was stolen from me so the Police won't show up for weeks
@valherma00 (1001)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
26 Jan
at least you have a place to park but it's strange. stay safe
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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26 Jan
Very strange
Bit the main thing is the bike is safe now here at our house on our courtyard
@snowy22315 (201943)
• United States
26 Jan
Apparently someone was dying of curiosity, That would have been awful if your bike was taken,
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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26 Jan
It's the lovely bike Yvonne bought a couple of years ago
I posted about it I think
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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26 Jan
Not really checked everything else and don't really.care.
My bike was still there, but I bet it wouldn't have still been there tonight
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@Ineeddentures (15199)
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26 Jan
Tell me about it.
Stones were left outside the garage door.
Probably to indicate that the door was open and someone with a truck or trailer would have come back and removed the bike
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