Do burglars typically rob second floor apartments?
491681
THey go for the easiest thing, they usually scope out the area that they are going to rob for about a week ahead on time.
240416
yes...some apartments might not even do a credit check or your boyfriends may be so good yours wont even matter...
233258
If the landlord didn't agree, then you'd probably have to get an attorney and prove that it is not a safe enviornment, and that you want to move for safety reasons.  I don't know how easy that would be to prove, not to mention the attorney fees and court costs you'd be out.  Cheaper to invest in mace, stun gun, or self defense classes?
619873
I say yes.\n\nIf they're making the conscious CHOICE to enter your home, then you have the obvious reciprocal choice to make them pay for theirs.\n\nIf they're committing a crime in the first place, especially such a personal one...shouldn't they be punished for being such an obvious dumb@$$?\n\nNow, generally, I won't shoot to kill...but I'll be damned if I won't shoot to maim someone breaking into my home.
155645
Remember that whatever you do will not make your home/office "burglar-proof."  The object is to make it as difficult for the burglars as possible.  Start simple.  Cut the shrubbery away from your windows to make them more visible to neighbors.  Install motion lights.  (Those are a lot more helpful than anyone thinks.)  If your budget will allow for it, invest in a simple alarm system.  The differnce between a burglary with an alarm system and one without is this:  The burglar in the house with an alarm knows that he has to get out pretty quick.  He takes a DVD player (or something readily available) and leaves in a hurry.  The burglar in the house without an alarm system has time to shop.  He's the guy who leaves you feeling violated, because he went through your underwear drawer looking for those hidden family heir-looms, and discovered all your secret hiding places.  He got what you were trying to keep him from finding!  Keep that guy on the run!  Get the alarm.
562503
Florida classifies a burglary of an occupied dwelling a 1st class felony which has a maximum sentence of 30 years (no minimum is specified). However, if your friend has been convicted of a felony within the past three years the sentence goes up to a mandatory 30 years.
652531
Yes, it does!  In California, the police are great at "cracking down" on the homeowners and just about anyone else that has a traceble identity. If your a real bad guy, though.  All the police do out here is fill out papers and file them away.
987535
If you are going to do the security evaluation for a building, then you must have the blueprints for the building to see just where other access places might be.  One thing I had in mind is through the basement, if suites have an adjoining basement.or maybe even shared attics.  Breaking windows isn't the only way to enter via locked units.  You can cut the glass, quietly and insert your arms to unlock the window.  As stated in an other answer, people can hide within the structure during operating hours.  I am sure that employees might be another source of security problem, so after discussing how much security the owner is willing to fore go for personal confidentiality.  You and he might discuss ways of monitoring his staff and the coming and going of customers..
614604
Not unless it's been damaged. If it were, the previous tenant would pay for it with the security deposit.
696925
I know in my town it is.\nThere are furnished apartments, or non furnished as well...\nso you could test living with other people's furniture to save yourselves the trouble of moving stuff.\nFurnished apartments are usually about 1/2 as much more again though (so if an unfurnished was $400/mo., a furnished would usually be $600/mo.).\nI recommend getting the phone numbers of superintendants of big buildings or rows of buildings to ask them about their one-month options, smaller buildings (or single buildings) are usually less open to the idea.\nYou'll probably need to put down a damage deposit, and get parental signatures ~ the building superintendants will want to be sure you're not a couple of apartment-trashing rowdys looking for a place to party for a month.\n\nAll that aside, I'd like to make a recommendation ~ don't move out from home sooner then necessairy.\nI could easily list about 20 people I know who all regret moving away from home as soon as they did. Contrarily, I can only think of 2 who say they should maybe have left sooner.\nIt's a sweet deal living at home and having all (or most of) your money to yourself rather than to bills... and while I'm giving advice, I highly recommend saving at least 1/2 of all the money you do get for later in life. Believe me, you WILL need it.\nOnce you move out, the idea of 'spending cash' becomes laughable for most folks. Getting started on your own (even with friends) in life is way harder than you probably imagine.\nIt was for me.\n\nWhatever you decide to do, I wish you luck!\n~ Apple
927914
Breaking and Entering. Breaking in someones house, without them knowing and entering with not even the dog suspecting him...Good major huhh
694833
If material was released into the air and they didn't clean the place well it could be in the carpets, cabinetry, false ceiling, and air ductworks or air conditioner. It's shouldn't be in the plumbing, or radiating from the walls, unless of course they still have a big stash hidden there but if the police were smart enough to use dogs they shouldn't have missed anything. Pull off any air vent covers and vacuum them out well and  the vents too. Empty shelves and cupboards, (look for false panels), and scrub them out. Then at least you won't be worried about it.
550264
PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS.  ANYONE LIVING IN ANY TYPE OF BUILDING THAT HAS A SLIDING GLASS DOOR. NO MATTER WHAT FLOOR!!!!!!!!!  I EXPERIENCED A TERRIBLE THING A FEW YEARS AGO AND HOPE YOU BENEFIT FROM IT.  I LIVED ON A 3RD FLOOR APT. BUILDING AND FELT SO SAFE BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS SO EASY TO GET IN A HOME FROM THE FIRST FLOOR.  WELL IT'S NOT TOO HARD TO GET INTO A 3RD FLOOR EITHER.  I AWOKE TO A BLACK MAN STANDING IN THE DOORWAY OF MY 3RD FLOOR BALCONY WINDOW.  I DIDN'T HAVE EVEN ONE SECOND TO DO ANYTHING BUT SCREAM MY HEAD OFF!!  MY 2 YOUNG BOYS AND I HAD FALLEN ASLEEP IN THE LIVING ROOM AND I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT TO LOCK MY BALCONY, I LIVED 3 FLOORS UP.  THIS VERY HIGH MAN CLIMBED UP THE LATTICE ON THE SIDE OF THE BALCONY AND CAME INTO MY APARTMENT AND TRIED TO RAPE ME, STOLE MY VIDEO CAMERA AND THEN BELIEVE IT OR NOT ABOUT A YEAR AGO I WAS WATCHING A TV SHOW AND SAW THAT THIS SAME MAN HAD BEEN DOING THIS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND USUALLY RAPED THE WOMAN!!!  HE LIKED IT WHEN I FOUGHT BACK, SO I DIDN'T FOR A MOMENT, THINKING THAT THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED AND I WAS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO NOT GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTED. HE DROPED ME TO THE FLOOR AND WENT ON LOOKING AROUND FOR THINGS TO TAKE. HE WAS ARRESTED DUE TO THE REPORTS THAT THE OTHER WOMAN GAVE THE POLICE.  DON'T BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY FEELING SAFE BECAUSE YOU ARE HIGHER UP ON THE 3RD FLOOR 'OR HIGHER'.
772258
Theft involves stealing property.  Burglary is defined differently by different states, but it just about always involves unlawfully entering a structure of some sort with the intent to steal stuff.  The crime is usually complete upon entry, even if nothing is stolen.  Variations would require "breaking" and entering, or limit it to dwellings.  Others define burglary in such a way that shoplifters can be prosecuted as burglars.
69608
Are you asking about whose more guilty, the person who breaks into the house or the person who pays for the burgler's kit?  In modern American jurisprudential thought, both are EQUALLY liable for any damages, assuming theire is reason to believe the person 'paying' was 'reasonably aware' that the funds were going to be used illegally.
955115
I would say, yes, as it gets darker earlier so more cover for ilegal activity whether it be burglary or mugging or any other crime. And for the same reason that some have posted about people being up later in summer I would sugest this being a reason for criminal activity to fall. too many people around to make crime undetected. In winter people will be more likely to be off the streets cosy indoors huddled around the tv. Less witnesses on the street and burgalers can nip into houses that are unlit as it's fairly certain nobody is in.\n\nCan't do that at 8pm in the summer as no-one has their lights on anyway. How would they tell if someone was in or not.
987027
Yes.  We had to put bars on ours to keep the thieves out.