Man breaks into homes while owners attend funerals/wakes

[~~whimsy~~]

Police have arrested a man they say broke into people's homes in Massachusetts while they attended wakes or funerals.

Authorities say they began to suspect 35-year-old Randy Brunelle during an investigation into a series of break-ins on Cape Cod. Brunelle previously had served an 18-month prison sentence on a 2012 conviction for breaking into a police officer's home as the officer attended his mother's funeral.

Barnstable police say they followed his car Friday while other officers went to homes of residents attending funerals.

Officers discovered a break-in and pulled Brunelle over. Police say they arrested him after finding jewelry in his pockets.

Brunelle, who police nicknamed the "obit bandit," is facing multiple charges including felony breaking and entering. The Cape Cod Times reports that he ignored a reporter's questions while entering court for his arraignment Monday.

http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireSto...-arrest-charge-suspected-obit-bandit-53020896

That sounds like a plot to a horror film and he starts getting haunted by breaking into the wrong home.

 

[cestmoi2010]

Nothing new

Rob Gronkowski had his home burglarized when he was in MN for the SB.

This happens a lot. My parents are getting up there in age. When they die and we have a funeral I am seriously thinking of hiring someone to be outside the house so anyone who is thinking of robbing it decides not to do so. The small cost of hiring the person compared to how much could be taken is a solid "investment"