Poor, exhausted DH... got robbed at grocery store

[disneybound31]

Well, not ROBBED exactly, but definately a problem has occurred.

Let me back up...DH is an officer of the court. Which means he is a badged, sworn officer only he works with juveniles and not the adult population. Still criminals, but just under 18. He deals with truancy, runaway, theft , domestics and even murder occasionally, but tonight (after being called in at 2am on a runaway and then working his regular 9-5) he had stopped to get some milk I had asked him to get after work and he just called (from the grocery store phone) to alert me that right out of his cart someone stole his wallet-with badge- his work phone (and he is on call, hence the 2am call from central dispatch) and all his credit cards and such.

He is livid. I have been on the phone for 2 hours cancelling everything and having no way to contact him since his phone is awol. I have no way to know just exactly WHAT he carries besides the Disney Visa and our checkcard. He tends to carry cc's we don't use anymore so I have been searching through our fireproof lockbox trying to guess and then call.

I know he is exhausted and that is prob how someone was able to catch him off guard when he turned his back. He has only gotten a few hours of sleep here and there all weekend and most of last week due to being the department supervisor and carrying most of the workload. Everyone just calls him for everything and it is getting to be too much.

Thanks for letting me vent on DH's behalf. I thought he would be able to get to bed early and now it's 10pm and he's still not home- have no idea if he went to file report or is searching the countryside can't call him!

I will not say this to him when he gets home as I am sure he does not need to hear it from me at this point- pay attention, be vigilant and keep an eye on your stuff! When he walks in the door I plan to just smile and pat his hand.

 

[a1tinkfans]

Hes in law enforcement and he left his wallet in a cart???
He was probably so sleep deprived to even do that!
I hope you guys get it all straightened out. Best of Luck!!! Wonder if that store has Video running, so many of then do now!!!

I agree, a nice pat or better yet a big Ol HUG will prob do him good, what a nightmare!!!

 

[Duckyiam71]

I am so sorry! Why does bad things always happen to hard working people! Good luck with straightening everything out. Hopefully is not like some people and carrying around his social security card. I would still be tempted to call the Big 3 credit reporting agencies and put a notation on account about being robbed. You never know what crazy things people can do! Especially since his drivers license was probably in there as well..address, DOB, etc! good luck.

 

[GOOFY4DONALD]

Hes in law enforcement and he left his wallet in a cart???
He was probably so sleep deprived to even do that!
I hope you guys get it all straightened out. Best of Luck!!! Wonder if that store has Video running, so many of then do now!!!

I agree, a nice pat or better yet a big Ol HUG will prob do him good, what a nightmare!!!

y stepfather has a similar job. I think the OP's DH has a bag (my stepdad looks like a soft sided cooler) that he keeps his wallet badge and handcuffs in. These are the kind of things that you don't carry 'on' you but need to carry with you. My stepdad keeps his wallet and sunglasses in the bag as well. This would be why he kept it in the cart...similar to a woman putting a purse in the cart.

 

[Mrs D]

So sorry to hear this. It really stinks.
I hope you get everything squared away and DH gets some sleep!

 

[disneybound31]

Yep, he apparently had it in the part of the cart you put kids in and turned around to get something and it was gone when he looked back. Nobody in the aisle when he looked, so he must have been seriously perusing some kind of interesting grocery item! haha

He is still not home so I hope that's a good sign- maybe looking at surveilance? I have no way to know. I know he is bone tired...I called him three times today to make sure he was okay. You know, like alert? And to see if he had gotten some lunch- he often skips lunch because he has so many meetings and so many people calling for this and that. It's pretty demanding. He likes his job and he is good at it, but I know he is just really worn out right now.

Thanks for the well wishes! It helps. And I will take that advice about calling to alert the big 3. Thanks!

 

[disneybound31]

Oh, he's pulling up! I can't wait to hear the story and I am hopeful about the outcome. I'll let you know...

 

[Va-bear]

Hes in law enforcement and he left his wallet in a cart???

My DH has been in law enforcement for over 20 years and does that sort of thing ALL thing time!!! Drives me totally insane!!! He's been pretty lucky - but not completely - for someone who often leaves his car unlocked, his wallet sitting on the gym sofa, etc, etc. Amazes me how he is so slack in that area and I am such a nit picker in that area!

Well, OP, to you and your DH - poor guy....what a night/week/etc. Bleh.

Hope he is able to recover his stuff.

 

[disneybound31]

SS card was in wallet. Great. Any suggestions about what to do about about that? Besides calling credit bureaus?

 

[goofyboyzmom]

Yes, it really is scary when somebody gets your social security number but it is so common now it is sad! Call all of your existing credit cards and call the big three: Experion and the other two (I am so tired I cannot think of their names), and call your bank. We had fraud last year from my husbands social security number (somebody in the ER stole the number - that is how our insurance is run, under his social). We now have all kinds of blocks - do it really fast so you don't have to prove you did not make any purchases that may happen quickly) - if we want to open any type of credit, we have to apply - go HOME for them to call that number ONLY - and then approve it. A pain yes, but better then the alternative. Good luck with everything. It is a very frustrating experience, but hopefully they will freak out when they see that it is somebody in law inforcement so they will be too scared to use the info. They probably ditched it real quick!

 

[disneymarie]

I can go online and see the calls on my cell phone as they happen.
Log onto the account and see what numbers are being called from what location.

Did he look around the trash cans and dumpster. More then likely they could look for money and dump it. I often would find dumped goods not far from the take....on other isles, the first trash can, etc.

Anyone with a record would not want the badge on them for extra charges.

..I never put my money anywhere I would not put my gun.

Hope it works out soon, don't forget drivers license too...

 

[mafibisha]

Oh, he's pulling up! I can't wait to hear the story and I am hopeful about the outcome. I'll let you know...

Ooh, so sorry to hear this happened to you guys. Will pray it gets straightened out asap!

I can go online and see the calls on my cell phone as they happen.
Log onto the account and see what numbers are being called from what location. .

Wow, I've never heard you can do that! What cell company is it? I would love to see who my teens are calling as they're doing it! (well sometimes anyway!!

 

[disneymarie]

Wow, I've never heard you can do that! What cell company is it? I would love to see who my teens are calling as they're doing it! (well sometimes anyway!!

I have Verizon, I look at my billing details and it shows where the origin is, the number, cell tower (nearest town) how long the call lasted.

If I had a teen with a cell phone I would use the GPS type function to locate them. Gosh back in the day I had need of that for older dd.
The younger one just turned 14 is a book reading, homebody. Except for one close friend occasionally.
Di

 

[dreamin_disney]

I can go online and see the calls on my cell phone as they happen.
Log onto the account and see what numbers are being called from what location.

Did he look around the trash cans and dumpster. More then likely they could look for money and dump it. I often would find dumped goods not far from the take....on other isles, the first trash can, etc.

Anyone with a record would not want the badge on them for extra charges.

..I never put my money anywhere I would not put my gun.

Hope it works out soon, don't forget drivers license too...

my thought too! Maybe theey just took the money and left everything else
Hopefully seeing a badge scared the heck out of them and they dumped the wallet without taking anything. Good luck

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Sorry to hear about this.

One of our local grocery stores-one that is on the cheap side- has had a lot of purses stolen from grocery carts. And often times I see woman have their purse in the cart and they are at least a good 5-8 feet from the cart

So ladies be careful with your purse. With so many people out of work crime is on an all time high.


Let us know if the catch the creep.

 

[Sgt Mickey]

A good idea perhaps for the future is to photocopy everything he carries in his wallet. And don't let him carry stuff like ss card.
I hope that someone finds it.

 

[mafibisha]

I have Verizon, I look at my billing details and it shows where the origin is, the number, cell tower (nearest town) how long the call lasted.i

I do too, but I thought you meant you could see the calls being made *AS* the calls were happening, as in real time. Is that possible to do on line somewhere?

 

[disneymarie]

Yep, he apparently had it in the part of the cart you put kids in and turned around to get something and it was gone when he looked back. Nobody in the aisle when he looked, so he must have been seriously perusing some kind of interesting grocery item! haha

Thanks for the well wishes! It helps. And I will take that advice about calling to alert the big 3. Thanks!

For it to happen "that fast" and no one was in the isle, he should retrace steps to when he got the cart, and look behind the goods on those isles too.

People in law enforcement have a larger "space" and I think for someone to get that close to the cart was odd.

What happens when you call the cell phone?
Call from a number blocked so it will not say "home" and see who answers.
Is there any chance he thought he put them in the cart being so tired and it is between seats in the car at work etc?

My son swore he lost his cell phone tilling the garden. He even rented a metal detector and tried to find it. I remember when he got out of the car he was distracted and went to somewhere near the front of the garage. After they told me what was going on I retraced his steps when he arrived and found that he sat it on top of two spare tires and someone set a newspaper over top. I was curious when I saw a bump under the papers and picked them up...

Dear men just "looked" at the papers and said, nope not there!

Anther time ds swore he lost keys cutting grass...I knew he generally placed it in the top of the tool chest....they said don't even look there we did.
After walking the yard for hours with hallogen spot lights I stood on a stool and "looked" in the tool chest.....where they reached in and did not "feel" the keys, there they set.
Hope everthing works out ok.
OH, I took everything from wallets and placed on the scanner, made copies "just in case" front and back

 

[wdwfan16]

Who puts their wallet into a cart?

 

[MomtoGKC]

Who puts their wallet into a cart?

Um, obviously lots of people since this happens so often. I did it when I was right out of college. I never carried a purse back then, just a big checkbook sized wallet. I was shopping with my roommate and put it in the carriage seat. I thought I was so smart because I hid it under the broccoli! When we went to pay it was gone. I had been careful to stay with the cart, but when my roommate took it to get something she walked away from it.