A neighborhood in Lake Highlands is on alert and neighbors are keeping a close eye on their surroundings. There have been at least two break-ins, and in one case, the thieves were still inside as the homeowner returned home.
It happened in the L Streets neighborhood near Shadow Way and Audelia in North Dallas.
Ginger Greenberg said her husband was coming home and found the door from the garage to the house locked, which the family never locks.
"So we are pretty sure he surprised the burglars when they heard the garage door opening," she explained. "And they ran and locked the back door and left while he was coming in the front door."
Once inside, the family found their home ransacked. The burglars had broken in through a back window.
"Every time I shut my eyes to go to sleep I just kept imagining people in my room, taking out drawers," Greenberg said.
That scary feeling lingers days after the break-in.
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Among the items stolen were her son's iPad, which the family was later able to recover.
"My husband had the iPhone app on his iPad and started sending messages to it saying that it was stolen, and that the police had been contacted," she explained. "They called my husband and were able to track the iPad down, and, of course, we asked the police to go with us."
Homeowners have banded together as a result, communicating through a Facebook group.
The Greenberg family has an alarm that wasn't on at the time, but they are now making sure it is always on with all the doors locked at all times.
