SAVANNAH, Ga. -- As the economy has traveled south, property crime rates headed north, and one Savannah woman has learned that first-hand.
Tiffany Doe's house was burglarized twice in one week, and she's concerned that her neighbors may have noticed some suspicious activity but looked the other way.
People on 42nd Street may have noticed some neon signs posted at her home. Doe made the signs in desperation.
"The Nintendo Wii's missing, the games, the joysticks," she said.
Doe said the thief got in through her bedroom window, so she took some precautions. Her cousin nailed the window shut.
"it's a little bit more security not a lot, but.. they knew, 'Oh she put nails in the window so we've gotta bust it now,'" said Doe.
The next week, she came home from work to find the thief took a speaker system and several boxes of shoes. Doe said it's hard to believe none of the neighbors saw anything suspicious.
"You didn't hear nothing when somebody broke my window? You didn't see nothing when somebody had to be walking? How many trips does it take to take out 30 boxes of shoes? And the surround sound that has like 6 speakers?"
Doe said the signs were an effort to make her neighbors aware there's a problem.
"I was very frustrated but I also wanted to send a message to everybody in the neighborhood. I'm a single mother, young lady, I'm only 22 years old. I work hard for everything I have in here. It's not much."
Tiffany Doe said she has reported the crime to police. She hopes they'll be able to catch whoever broke into her house.
Police say neighbors keeping a lookout for suspicious activity are a valuable resource, serving as extra eyes and ears on the streets.
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