I had the same thing happen to our home last Summer. Never heard of this happening to anyone else until now. I can sympathize with FishAssasin's response to this situation as it's a pretty terrifying experience. In our case it was a weekday and my wife wakes me up at 2am saying someone is pounding on the front. Oddly I didn't hear a thing. It did wake my boys though. I went outside and searched around my house with a flashlight and a piece of pipe for protection. We have large hedges and it not easy to see what might be lurking around the corner. After 15min and a thorough search I gave up. It was hard to get back to sleep but I managed, whereas my wife couldn't and spent some time staring out through a spare bedroom window with the lights off. Then all of a sudden she says I see them. I jump up to join her, when we see the neighbours kids from across the street , which were hiding on the roof of the garage climb down a ladder and run across the street to my next door neighbour. I was furious. By the time I got outside they were already back up the ladder and on the roof again. So I proceeded to the neighbours front door and booted on it extremely hard for about 10 seconds. Of course they come flying out and start yelling at me thinking I'm crazy. I ask them how they appreciate the wakeup call and let them know what their son and his friends are up to. The father is a real winner and didn't seem to care that much and just told them to go inside. Actually told me I have balls for going over there like that WTF? As they sulked off and headed inside I asked them if they thought an apology might be in order which they begrudgingly gave me. So yeah, I agree with the comments on here it starts with the parents. And I'm sure if I had of whacked one of them in the dark I would be the one in trouble. Justice system is a real joke for sure.