Our garage is detached from the house. It has been broken into twice. First, all they took was a weed whacker... second time they went through the cars...got nothing as we don't leave any valuables in the cars. Last summer I was sitting here on the computer and there was a hard loud knock on the back door. I rolled over to look out the door window and saw a young hooded man looking at me...he, of course ran off. I did call the police just to alert them to the activity. If they want something they will destroy everything in the house to find it. so sorry for you.