[Rob Petrie E395]

We live out in the country and meth is real bad here so unfortunetly we deal with thieves often. Its got to the point that we now have about every piece of home security stuff you can get including cameras that record to a dvd in a safe and I am building my new shop big enough to get my toter and trailer inside to further protect it from the scumbags. One of the boys (a teenager) I caught a few years ago later commited another home invasion just south of us in Sesser IL. His name is Antonio Smith and he got 40 years for cutting the womans throat almost killing her and then stealing her car. He got nothing but some community service for the thefts he commited the night I caught him. Its made me think before going out at night to run them off as that could have been me. The bad part for us is at times there is only one deputy to cover the whole county and by the time they get here the thieves are long gone so we have to fend for ourselves as best as we can.