Actually if you
do catch a
bandito ya
don't get mad, get even but keep the .9mm in yer waistband; point out what you
want removed...the old toaster, The fire-hazard Mr Coffee maker, the old telly, that out-of-date stereo, that
zircon bauble you never should have given her anyway...(yup some of us still do
vinyl and
chintz'd on our sweethearts); done properly, he should be perspiring from exertion... and
nervous relief at not involving the 'machinery of the state' in such triviality. On his last trip out, thank him politely... and sit down at the table to fill out an insurance claim inventory report...the reimbursement to cover some of the cool new stuff you really want anyway;...
then call the cops. Then round up your local alarm installer and
bribe him for a yard sign and a few window stickers that say: "protected by Acme Protection"...future bad guys, scopin' the 'hood will select your neighbor instead.

(tips from a 70's
former alarm-agent
)this actually works..bad guys prefer easy swag! not risky plunder.