[RickM]

Don,

Very sorry to hear the bad news! I've had cars broken into and I felt totally violated. I can't imagine someone going through my house. Do you figure it was done by a couple of kids or pros?

Anyway, perhaps a lesson to the rest of us is to walk around the house with a digital camera or camcorder and record each worthwhile asset with serial numbers etc. Then burn onto a CD. Sounds anal but how much grief would this eliminate.

Think about setting a trap to somehow catch these scum next time they attemp a break-in. I've seen relatively inexpensive motion detecting cameras for snapping wildlife pics.