Worship at your own risk: Some Detroiter's fear home robberies

..."We have to defend ourselves against the criminals who want to just singly take over," said another neighbor. "People are afraid, and they're getting older, and the kids now beginning to move them away."

Things have gotten so far out of control, the criminals are just so rotten to the core, so calculated and callous, one neighbor said, "We're being targeted when we go to church."

Church on Sunday for some is no longer a staple in their routine because they say now it's come down to worshiping at your own risk.

"Come home and everything should be fine, but when you come home and everything you've worked hard for is ripped apart and then you've got to pay to repair the damage that was done to your home, it will deter you from going because you want to try to protect what you have because no one else is going to do it for you," said a resident.

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