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The Car Camera Foils Would-Be Thieves!

I have four XCam2s that I purchased a couple of years ago. Late one night, as I was laying on the couch, I heard some movement outside of my kitchen window. I simply clicked the button on my remote to switch to my porch cam. I listened for a few seconds through its amazingly sensitive microphone, and could hear something on the side of my house. I switched to my side car camera and could plainly see two young kids in my car, one in each seat. I could tell these were people I did not know. I called 911 and told them what was going on and stepped outside, placing myself in between my car and theirs, which was parked on the street. I yelled to both to get out of my car and lay down on the ground. They looked like they were about to run, so I yelled out that I had cameras around my house, and had them both on videotape. I saw the kid that had been sitting in the passenger seat look over his shoulder, and he could plainly see the camera on the side of my house - I bet he wish he would've noticed it earlier. The police showed up within a couple minutes, and were impressed with the security that the X10 cams afforded me. In my car, freshly removed from the dash, was a Pioneer CD/DVD unit worth upwards of $500. The interior of the car is wired with all kinds of lighting, which they were attempting to remove. They had already opened my trunk, with the intention of stealing another $1500 worth of audio equipment. I provided the police with my footage. The lawyers for the two kids, after reviewing the tapes, decided it would probably be best to just plead guilty. Thanks X10! Spending a couple hundred on your cameras saved me a couple thousand worth of loss through theft!