If you work in this business long enough you will see just about everything.  Unfortunately, today one of our agents saw the business end of an automatic pistol.  It occurred at about 11am on a fairly busy street in a neighborhood that is usually pretty safe.

Montry was checking on a property and trimming some branches that had fallen down.  While doing this, he was approached by 2 males who took his watch and ring, forced him into his car, drove to his house 20 miles away, took all the cash in the house and a new pair of sneakers and then had him drive them back to the neighborhood where they abducted him.  The brand new $300 chainsaw must have been too much to carry.  We still have that.

He took it pretty well, all things considered.  His attitude was pretty much that it was bound to happen eventually.  He didn't even want to call the police.  On that note, he was on to something.  They gave him a bunch of grief about coming back to the office and then calling.  Apparently the better plan would have been to hang around the neighborhood he was robbed in and wait for the police there !!!  As it was, it took them an hour to get to the office after we called.  GREAT !!!

I am not posting this to scare anyone or anything, but this is an example of how anything can happen to anyone, anytime. 

As a reminder, it is a good idea to let people know where you are going and when you plan to be back.  If you are not comfortable going somewhere or doing something, please don't do it. 

Montry is a former Army MP.  Most of our folks have military backgrounds and are comfortable doing things in places where others would be a little afraid.  This isn't the first bad situation any of us have been in, but it is the worst.  If it can happen to us, it can happen to anyone.