Saturday - April 11, 2009

Woman watches live online as burglars break into her home.

I wasn’t certain if I should post this as it’s in the USA and I thought maybe all of you might have seen it by now.

So, for those on both side of the water who haven’t, put your eyes on this.  It’s from Florida.

The video runs 5 minutes, the still photos though I think are better.

Technology when it works. OH, BTW.

Just to give my American countrymen and women a taste of what many Brits are saying about their law enforcement, by all means scroll down at the end of the article and take a look at the comments made by Brits who watched this and read the article.  Gives you some idea of what the people here have to put up with.

Terrified woman watches live online as burglars break into her home

By Richard Luscombe

Last updated at 6:48 PM on 10th April 2009

* Comments (29)

The two burglars wander through the house, munching on cheese from the fridge. They take time choosing their loot, safe in the knowledge that no one is watching. But as it turns out, someone was – from 25 miles away.

The lady of the house, Jeanne Thomas, had spent £200 on a video security system that allowed her to monitor her living room from her office desk via a live internet feed. And at the time the men walked into the room she happened to be sitting right in front of the screen. 

Mrs Thomas, 43, rang police and gave them a running commentary as the men sauntered in and out of the picture with her jewellery, flat-screen TV and other belongings. Within a few minutes, officers had arrived and caught the men in the act.

They later arrested two others for planning the crime, and all four are facing charges of burglary and grand theft. Last night, footage of the raid was released by police in Boynton Beach, Florida. Towards the end of the five-minute sequence the men realise that police have arrived.

‘You could see them on the video freaking out,’ Mrs Thomas said. Four policemen then appear at the front door with their guns drawn. Mrs Thomas bought the system after her home was burgled last year. She had not checked the camera at work for three months until that day. ‘All of a sudden I had a strange feeling something was going on at the house,’ she said. ‘I thought my dogs were maybe doing something they shouldn’t have been doing.’

Watch the webcam video of the burglars here

I have intentionally posted the link to the Daily Mail site for the video, rather then use the embed feature at YT.  Please see the Brit comments.

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