I feel totally unsafe in my own house.

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Today my sons bike got stolen right out the front of our townhouse while he and I were both home. I live in a security gated townhouse complex with an intercom system and so on. So whomever stole the bike, probably knew the security code and just walked right in to our place and took it in broad daylight. This person must have known where my son lived. My son is 15 years old.

So my fiance and I went for a drive on a drive tonight to get some milk and cruised around the suburb to see if we could see it. We spotted a bike across the road on a main street that looked like my sons' and we did a u-turn and followed the teenage boy on it. He was with a mate. We parked and got out of the car and started walking towards them. They did not see us and went to ride and walk straight by us. As soon as we were sure it was my sons(it has stickers on it - BMX and Unit), my fiance grabbed the kid by the scruff of his shirt and pulled him off the bike. I had reported it stolen with the police and told them so. I will not say what else I told the little f*****s.

I am worried for my son and us but will not back down. I am sick of living my life in fear and do not want my son to feel the same although I am concerned for his safety as he knows these kids. I am tired of letting little turds get away with s**t all because it "is too hard" and they all run around with knives and god knows what crap.

I am so fricking angry and pissed off that I would take a baseball bat to the little s**ts.

The police are coming to visit and so the cycle of fear starts again. I don't know if I am doing the right thing, but I have to trust my instincts. I have to teach my son to stand up for himself, but there is danger.

Yep, its a hard one. Not much sleep for me tonight.

Mics

It's a dangerous world, out there. You can't trust anybody.

I think what you did was right. I wouldn't let anyone get away with it if I was you either, but I can understand it might be a bit scary.

Think of it like this - If you always stand up for things like you did now, eventually they'll get the message and stop doing it. The only reason they do it in the first place is cause they think they can get away with it, so if you show them they can't they should stop.

Good luck!

Thanks beautiful people. I feel better now.

Mics

What you did was certainly right. It's a shame you can't trust anyone these days, though. We need high security locks on everything as a matter of fact these days.

But when it comes to local things like this, your approach is good. Like Leiservampir said, they should stop it if they don't think they can get away with it anymore.

That is scary. My mom told me a story when she was younger, my uncles tricycle was stolen. My mom saw it in someones yard and told my Grandfather. he went over and got it, and the guy said his son would be so sad with out it. But my uncle was sad when his tricycle was stolen. They knew it was his because one of my aunts had spilled nail polish on the seat.

MY neighbor's bike was stolen once but those people who took it probably thought it was abandoned because my neighbor always left it on the side of the road when he go to school. He never left it on the drive nor next to the mail boxes to make it obvious it belonged to someone.

My niece's bike was also stolen when she went to school. Someone just took it.

I think it's stupid to steal a bike in your own neighborhood because there is a high chance the owners of the bike will see it and take it back. Plus they can report you to the police since they know where you live. I think that should fall under stupidest thieves.

When I was about eight or nine, my mom caught one of my neighbor's kids going in our garage and taking our small skateboard. So she went out and asked him where he was going with it and he had to come up with a lie but she didn't buy it. Then after that she kept the garage doors closed.