Camera catches thieves breaking into Greenwood home

GREENWOOD, Ind. (WISH) — Surveillance video shows the infinitesimal 2 thieves interruption into a Greenwood home.

Local constabulary departments typically spot a emergence successful thefts astir the holidays, but 1 section says this twelvemonth is different.

It wasn’t until their girl got disconnected the autobus and recovered their location successful disarray that a Greenwood household realized their location had been breached into. Luckily, they had a camera wrong their home that caught the thieves successful action.

(Photo Provided/Homeowner)

Sure capable they spot 2 men breaking successful done a backmost model and rummaging done their home. The homeowner says the thieves broke successful astir 1:30 successful the day portion the household was retired and stole money, purses and luggage.

(Photo Provided/Homeowner)

Investigations Commander Damian Katt with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department said, “Normally, we bash thin to spot a spike successful daytime burglaries — the structure pirates — and conscionable theft successful wide and we person truly not seen an influx. We are benignant of down a small bit, and gratefully.”

The household made a constabulary report, but the Grinches that tried to bargain their Christmas inactive haven’t been caught.

“When radical are talking astir traveling done the holidays and possibly going to sojourn household retired of municipality oregon connected the different broadside of municipality for that substance determination are immoderate truly beauteous casual things to do,” Katt said.

Experts recommend:

• Having a trustworthy neighbour support an oculus connected your house,
• Make definite your message doesn’t capable up successful the container indicating that you are not home.
• If possible, person immoderate benignant of information strategy successful place.

“Thieves are looking for a quick, casual target. Security lights oregon information cameras marque it little easy,” Katt said.

Katt says the crushed his section isn’t seeing theft cases leap arsenic they usually bash this clip of twelvemonth whitethorn partially beryllium owed to the coronavirus pandemic keeping radical location much than usual, giving thieves little of a model to attack. Even if you’re not home, Katt says, it’s champion to marque it look similar idiosyncratic is.

“Making definite that you are not advertizing that we are gone for adjacent a mates hours really,” Katt said.

Police are besides reminding motorists not to support thing disposable successful their vehicles that whitethorn tempt a thief to interruption in, and marque definite doors connected the car are locked astatine each times.