(KYTX) – An East Texas family says they will sleep a little easier after what happened at their home Friday morning.

Robert Reynolds tells CBS19 he was shocked when he woke up Friday morning to find his truck gone from his driveway. But he says that wasn’t the only thing that was stolen. Reynolds says his family’s sense of security was also stolen.

It was a night Reynolds says his family will never forget.

“Nothing is going to be good at 3:15 in the morning. You get a knock in the door. And so there was a fear right off,” said Reynolds remembering when authorities first came to his home.

That’s when he found out a wanted fugitive, Jeffrey Brooks, had been on the loose in his area on Country Road 431 near Lindale.

But it wasn’t until the break of dawn when Reynolds discovered something of his was missing.

“He stole my truck and I went out to go to work at 7 o’clock the next morning and told my principal I was going to be a little late,” said Reynolds.

Since then, Reynolds and his family have been on edge and shaken up over what happened.

“It doesn’t sound macho but I really did. I felt violated,” explained Reynolds. “We did change how we act. We went through our day to day activities.”

But Reynolds says that all changed Sunday morning when he found out Brooks’ crime spree had finally come to an end.

“There was a sense of thank goodness they got him. And then the other part comes in and you go there’s a man that just, that died because of this,” said Reynolds. “Am I happy about it? No not at all. But I do feel safe now. ”

Yet oddly, Reynolds says he’s thankful it happened to him.

“I’m just glad it happened to us and it wasn’t somewhere else and someone else had to go through that grief and it all turned out good for us,” said Reynolds. “Unfortunately this man lost his life, but I think his life was gone long before he was shot.”

Police were able to recover Reynolds’ stolen truck. He says he will pick up his truck Monday and assess the damage.

Topic – Crime Spree Victim Reacts

Title – Crime Spree Victim Reacts

Source – Google News

Summary- Crime spree criminal steals East Texas victim’s car. The victim tells his story and comments that , “I feel violated.” The fugitive was shot, the car was retuned, and the damage is being repaired on the truck.

Reaction- Well considering since this is my teacher’s Dad (who is also a teacher) this is pretty sad, I am thankful everything worked out and he got his possessions back , and he can sleep now knowing that the criminal is done, but at the same time I think that this could have been much worse had things not worked the way they did. I feel bad for both the victim and the fugitive, because he didn’t need to have anything stolen from him, nobody does, but also the criminal was shot so I have mixed feelings about that. I’m just glad this issue is resolved.

World impact- This does not affect the world , most people in East Texas don’t even know this happened, but to the people it did impact it has made a difference in their lives, I’m sure they are doing some things different, like paying attention to security and protection now. As for the criminal he lost his life so he’s definitely changed. But I don’t think this affects the world.