Yeah we had a house broken into down the street a couple weeks ago, my wife got the license plate number and wouldn't let me get involved. I was sick anyways so there wasn't much I was going to be able to do. We called the Police, but they were too busy to come out for several hours.

Their MO was: Ring the bells at several houses (what made my wife suspicious) and then go back to the first one and break in, load the goods by the fence in the back yard which has access to the alley. Meanwhile the accomplice was driving around scouting I assume, just made us more suspicious and might have helped scare them off before they wiped out everything the family had. They took all the gifts under the tree. Once they had everything staged, they loaded up and booked it through the alley to get away.
Next time we're parking the cars in the alley and walking away, hopefully to make their getaway more difficult.
The car had a stolen plate, so that didn't help either.
I hope he gets his truck back.
Thanks