crime and stuff

I am quite annoyed to report that my own house got broken into this last week. They took a batch of stuff, though not as much as they could have. I shouldn't complain, I'm a lucky guy...
but it was the sentimental stuff that angers me the most. The jewlery that was my mothers that my wife now had... some small things my father had given me before he passed away... and, strangely, the top three small drawers from the antique dresser. So now we have these holes staring at us.

of course, these last two weeks there's been a guy living in a van outside our house, and another lady who seems to spend all day, every day in the doorway across the street... why is it that stuff like this just goes on in this town, and we never really figure out how to solve it? They weren't really bothering me until this whole thing happened, and now I notice how sort of 'vulnerable' our house is, with people watching us come and go all day and night.

so, if you see any small wooden drawers laying around the neighborhood, let me know.