Some Southern California residents are unsettled after finding crude surveillance devices stashed among shrubs or in planters.
In an era when everybody is staring at their phones, burglars are banking on people failing to notice the hidden camera in their front yard. Residents across Southern California have discovered small video cameras hidden near their homes, crudely assembled surveillance devices stashed among shrubs or in planters, wrapped in plastic green leaves and often attached to a battery pack. The cameras are stashed by burglars who want to learn the schedules of their potential victims.
The camera and battery pack were wrapped in plastic green leaves, police said in a news release, and officers found a planter on the street with freshly disturbed dirt that they believed was where the suspects retrieved the camera. Officers also found in the car several boxes meant to hold jewelry. There was also a construction hard hat and a vest, which could be used to get near a home without drawing attention, police said.
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