Terrifying Video Shows Alleged Burglar Creeping Around Home While Residents Sleep
A baby monitor captured video of an alleged thief creeping around a home.
— -- Parents in New York City witnessed their worst nightmare come true when a thief was caught creeping around their home on Wednesday morning, a police report released yesterday said.
Prior to getting in the Flushing, Queens home, the burglar was caught on a surveillance video outside around 2.20 a.m., the New York City Police department said.
The footage released by police, documents the suspect crawling around with a knife in his mouth and skulking around the house for approximately 30 minutes, ABC news owned station, WABC in New York reported.
In addition to that, the video shows the suspect going into the owner's bedroom and taking a Samsung S6 cellphone that was sitting on top of a dresser.
WABC said, the burglar fled on foot when the 42-year-old resident woke up and shouted at him.
Police describe the suspect as 6’2” and 200 pounds. At the time of entry, "he was wearing all black and a black snow cap with 'diamond' in red and white letting on it," the report stated.
"[The neighborhood] changed,” the owner told WABC. “We have to check all the doors and windows.”