Thief caught on tape! [Video]

[hoaapple]

So someone stole my Sunday paper last weekend. I couldn't pick it up earlier because I was not home so I'm a bit annoyed someone would do this. Anyways, does this SUV look like an Explorer? Just trying to see if I recognize it from the neighborhood.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Yeah, that looks like a third or fourth gen Explorer to me. Could be a Trailblazer (similar window shapes), but looks too square.

Who the crap deliberately stops at a random house to steal a newspaper?!

Very curious about your camera setup.

[float_6969]

My first reaction was Lincoln Navigator.

[hoaapple]

Yeah, that looks like a third or fourth gen Explorer to me. Could be a Trailblazer (similar window shapes), but looks too square.

Who the crap deliberately stops at a random house to steal a newspaper?!

Very curious about your camera setup.

I have cameras setup all around the house recording 24/7, this was the first time I've ever had to use it other than just checking on the house on the phone.

I think they were driving around looking for the paper and my house just happens to have one laying around so it was most opportune for them. They are $3 for the Sunday so I guess it's worth the trouble.....

[Jesda]

Stolen newspaper?

I had to double check the year this thread was created.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

You would think if someone has the funds for a Lincoln, they could swing a newspaper.

[szh]

Who the crap deliberately stops at a random house to steal a newspaper?!

Very curious about your camera setup.

We have endemic mail and package theft in our area ... but a newspaper theft is a new first.

One of the mail theft situations is that the person apparently follows the UPS delivery trucks around and some minutes after the packages are left, they are stolen!

We have had mail stolen from our mailbox out front, and I now have all my packages delivered to work to avoid any opportunity of them being taken.

Also at our house, we have six HD cameras around the outside and an IP video recorder that monitors 24/7. I will provide more info on it later ... amazingly sad that we had to resort to this though!

Z

[Bubba1]

Almost as surprising as someone using a gas guzzling SUV to steal a newspaper, is finding someone still paying for home delivery of a newspaper itself.

[szh]

I will provide more info on it later ... amazingly sad that we had to resort to this though!

This link is the camera security system we have installed at our house.

The price was lower on sale (about $799 plus tax) when I bought it some time back, and installation was an additional $1300 ... sounds like a lot, but given the number of burglaries and mail-theft going on in our area (Evergreen in San Jose, CA), we wanted to record any issues that might occur. BTW, the cost of the installation was well worth it - the guys did an extremely professional job. I don't have dangling or visible wires - they are all put through the exterior wall, etc.

Six cameras are sufficient to protect the periphery of a typical sized house - two crossed in front, two in back and two watching the side of the houses (where we do have windows). But I am considering adding one more camera to focus even better on whoever might be standing at the front door - right now, one of the cameras just sees people walking up. Recently, we have seen a small increase in home invasions and I want my family to be able to see who might be at the door before even considering opening it.

The system also sends images to our smartphones so we can view them on an iPhone and Android smartphone without having to go to the hidden NVR and its 24" LCD display (that was just a standard monitor I bought at a local Fry's for about $125, as I recall).

Most importantly, for anybody looking at camera systems, I strongly recommend using IP cameras - 1080P is simple and relatively inexpensive to get today. These connect back to the NVR using Ethernet cables. Not only does this reduce the installation cost a bit (only one cable to pull), and simplify the power issues (uses POE so no extra power cables needed to the camera), the quality of the image is superior to standard analog video security systems - those suffer from image degradation with long cable runs for example.

The above Q-See system we have is 1080P and provides sharp and clear daytime images. Of course, at night, the built-in LEDs in the cameras can only illuminate so far, so the image is B/W rather than color, but still very, very usable.

Z