Video Security System Catches Burglar

This is a good example of a Video Security System at work.  The only thing is with a Digital Video Recorder that calls to alert you of an intrusion, the thief could have been caught and arrested in the act.

Burglary Caught On Tape
June 20, 2006 12:05 PM By: CJ Cassidy

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO --A home security system proves useful for the second time in three months. Police say not only was a burglary caught on tape, it also pointed them right to the suspect.How would you feel if you saw someone break into your home?Pat LaFont and his wife saw it happen not once, but twice.Surveillance video shows three masked men trying to break into the LaFont home in the dead of night, back in April.Last week, the same cameras caught another crook on tape, breaking into the home in broad daylight; and here's the kicker: he made sure the couple was away first."This guy doing some work for us called and asked us where I was, and I made the mistake of letting him know I was out of town, and wouldn't be in for a few hours. Then he called later left me a voice mail saying he had spotted a vehicle around my property, but that I shouldn't worry," LaFont says.When the couple returned home, they were in for a shock."It just shows you how hard he worked to get into one area of the house," LaFont says, pointing to a door he says was beaten down with a sledgehammer.But thanks to their cameras, the LaFonts were able to point to this man, Chad Peltz as the alleged intruder."We caught him breaking into the house; breaking the lock and all that," La Font says."It's technology we're likely to see more of, as cameras get cheaper, and it definitely does help us if they get a good image of the suspect," Jason Selzer with the Cape Girardeau Police Department says.

Burglary Caught On Tape

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