Something scary happened this morning
DH called a while ago. We live on little gated community made up of one cul
de sac lined with rowhouses and a small park. Our children play together in
the park, so we tend to know eac other.

During the morning rush hour, some crooks, entered our neighbor's house.
They tied up everyone (@ 4 kids and wife) and took the husband to the ATM
machine to retrieve money. It seems the family members were left alone in
the house and were able to summon help from the neighbors who called the
police, who were able to rescue the kidnapped husband. Everyone is fine,
but quite scared. Supposedly the crooks were caught. I think even the FBI
was involved because of the carjacking incident.

DH called me to make sure the house was locked. I can imagine there will be
a community meeting tonight or tomorow. This was not the house in the
corner, near the gate (mine is). this was a house in the middle of the
complex, which means the crooks were inside the complex for quite some time
looking for a hit. Also, these people don't have the fancy cars, these
crooks must have been quite desperate. Some of my neighbors have BMWs and
Mercedes-- If I were a thief, I would have struck their houses, instead of
this other fellow's.