Steve and Marlene Lezier had a little extra on their credit card bill. Someone had broken their outdoor Christmas lights. But they wouldn’t have known who without the help of X10. When they set up their outside decorations, they took their NightWatch, wrapped it up in a box with Christmas wrapping paper to look like a decoration, and put it on the front porch where it could see the yard, and all their pretty sparkling lights that they had set up for the enjoyment of the neighborhood, and passers-by.

According to Marlene, "Much to our surprise the neighbor boys came to visit, only to destroy our lights at approximately 2:35 am." The Leziers didn’t really notice it though, until later the next evening when the lights would not turn on. So they ran the tape back, to see what happened. And from there they had a perfect view of the vandals. "They even had the nerve to go over to their driveway and stand, and laugh at the damage they had done," Marlene said. But whatever it was they did, it was all caught on videotape, which of course takes most of the humor out of it.

After viewing the tapes, you can imagine that the police were called. When they showed the officer the tape, he was quite surprised and amazed at the quality of the video. According to him, "The security cameras at the prisons are not this clear." He also made the comment that with a picture like that at night he could not imagine what the daylight pictures look like.

Since that night, Steve and Marlene have had no further problems with the young neighborhood hooligans. And for that, Steve and Marlene sleep a little easier.

"What a wonderful feeling to go to bed knowing that X10 NEVER SLEEPS," Marlene says confidently. Then she adds, "Thanks X10, it is because of you we can sleep, resting assured that we will have a video if anything goes wrong. Even while we are away we know our home is safer."

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