Tips to deter Thieves from shopping at Your House this Holiday

Home burglaries are more common during the holidays.  Here are a few tips to deter thieves from shopping at your house this holiday season, tells Rabun County Sheriff Chad Nichols.  “Keep your gifts out of view from someone looking through a door or window. That would make it less appealing for someone to try to enter your home to try to burglarize it.”  Sheriff Nichols also warns about posting your gifts on Social Media. “One of the bigger things is probably after Christmas. You know we are all excited and with Social Media, a lot of people post the new gift online and anything of high value that is just leaving the door open for somebody to see that and to possibly come to try to steal it from your residence.  So, I would just say to keep things hide and be mindful of what you post because that could be kind of an advertisement for a thief to come to look for whatever you may have received for Christmas.” In addition, tell your neighbors when you are leaving home for extended periods of time so they can look after your house when you are away.