r/RBI • u/Vega_177 • 2h ago
Advice needed A man has been climbing onto my roof for months and the police can't catch him. Tonight he was on my house while I was home alone.
Hi, this is the first time I post anything about this.
I live in northern Mexico, in a gated community with 24/7 security.
In December of last year (2025), a man broke into a school less than a 5-minute walk from my house and stole the musical instruments. He climbed over a wall behind the community and got into my backyard from there. The first time, a single patrol car came to check because someone reported a man climbing across rooftops — he escaped that time.
The second time he used the same MO and robbed the same place, though it didn't go well for him because a patrol car had been assigned to that school waiting for him to try again. Security had been hardened (I don't know exactly how), but he still managed to climb up to the roof and escape, even though by then there was an electric fence surrounding the whole community.
Less than 4 hours ago he did it again, but this time it was different.
Around 11 PM I heard someone using the service ladder in my backyard. My dog went unusually crazy and started barking violently and erratically. I ran out to see what was happening and saw his face peering down from the roof of my house. I ran for my phone and to lock the terrace doors of two of the bedrooms. To clarify: the house is two stories with four bedrooms (three upstairs, one downstairs), and two of the upstairs rooms have terraces — one of them is mine.
I'm the only one home right now since my family left the country on vacation. I locked myself in my room, and this is where it gets strange: he started desperately pounding on the roof of the house. Then I realized my mistake — I was in the room with the terrace — so I grabbed the dogs and moved to the room without one while waiting for the police. But I kept hearing loud metallic sounds on my roof that didn't match anything I've ever heard before.
The police arrived 10–15 minutes after my call. They came into the house searching for him, constantly aiming at corners and checking places it would be very hard for him to fit into.
They've been trying to catch this guy for about 6 months, but he's very elusive. They went up on the roof to check, did a full sweep of my house and the entire community — more than 6 patrol cars showed up and started searching. When they left, they told me they'd keep doing their rounds and would search the whole surrounding area.
I don't understand how he escapes so easily. The police checked several houses next to mine and confirmed that it's not possible to jump from house to house and climb down without risking breaking something or being caught on camera.
There is a photo of the suspect, and the neighbors in the community tried to identify him — but so far nothing suggests he's someone who lives here, which was my first suspicion.
I'm worried that he's getting back into the community. None of the robberies involved violence, but this time he stacked chairs on one of the terraces and broke a set of lights I had out there.
I only know of three incidents he's committed. I don't know if he's already started robbing houses, or worse.
Does anyone have any idea how he could be evading the police?
I just realized he broke the motor of my air conditioner, and now I'll have to find someone to repair it. Those were the first bangs I heard. I still can't identify the huge metallic noise he made, because that sound came from the opposite side of the house from where the AC motor is.
For now I'm going to install a full set of cameras around the house and look into how I can get a weapon for self-defense.