a "friend of a friend" of the family, or someone from the "church" - would stay at the house during people's funerals because thieves would often use that opportunity to break into houses. It's published in the paper when the service is so they think no one will be home.

Sad, ain't it.

Tweakers around here have done things like stripping the copper out of railroad crossing warning lights and barriers. If they think someone is on vacation, they'll not only trash an entire house looking for mostly guns but jewelry and electronics, trashing that lets you know part of it was done for fun, but they'll also rip copper plumbing out of the walls without shutting the water off, making a returning vacationer's house unlivable.

Back in the 60s, nobody wanted to live in a building with speed freaks because not only were they noisy buggers, they also tended to catch on fire a lot.

Modern tweakers are different. They just don't care about anything but chasing the next high.

And the war on drugs fails us more every single year.

from the Urban Dictionary.

A family of four was wiped out in a car accident.

Tweakers saw it one the news and looted their house.

Crimes with harm against victims should have no less than 20 years. Much more for bodily crimes.