Smile, You’re About to get Caught

And to think, they almost got away. That’s right, James McCullum’s house was burglarized during broad daylight. Nothing seems more intrusive than coming home to find that someone has entered your house against your will and walked out with your stuff. That prompted James to purchase the X10 Protector Plus Security System, which included a base console, two door/window motion sensors, a lamp module, and keychain and security remotes.

He hooked up the system as soon as it was delivered to him.

Usually, once a criminal has ransacked a house they move on and don’t look back, which means that you will probably never see them again. Your only hope is to maybe find your stuff (if you kept track of the serial numbers) turning up on the market someplace, at which point the police may be able to track it down. The operative word here is "may." They may be able to track it down, but that’s not guaranteed.

Oddly enough, in this case, the criminal returned to the scene of the crime. Only this time it wouldn’t be as easy as the criminal thought it might be. The criminal entered the house through a window in a room that had the motion detector set up.

As soon as the motion detector detected the motion, the security alarm activated and called both of James parents who live in the neighborhood. Then it called James at the company where James works. The police arrived quickly, and the suspect was apprehended.

"Needless to say, I am very happy with the purchase of the X10 Protector Plus Security System," James says.

James can relax now. He can go to work, go out for the evening, and know that X10 is looking out for him. That’s what security is all about.

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