Jim Smith (pictured) returned to his Post Falls home late one night last week to find his side door ajar. In the bedroom, he found jewelry scattered on the floor and several Black Hills gold rings missing. He and his late wife, who died 10 years ago from cancer, had collected them together over several years. “You feel like you’re violated,” the 78-year-old retiree said. “Someone was messing with my stuff. It changes your life because now I have to look at everybody and say, ‘Are you the one that was watching the house, that kicked in the door?’ ” Smith is one of dozens of Kootenai County residents whose homes have been burglarized following a similar pattern in recent weeks. In the past two months, the county sheriff’s department has received 91 reports of home burglaries, compared with 21 during the same period last year/Alison Boggs, SR. More here. (Kathy Plonka SR photo)

Question: Have you ever been burglarized? How did that feel?