A local electronics and furniture retailer in Lakewood is resting easier thanks to Security Central. The popular store had experienced a frustrating and expensive string of repeat burglaries in recent months. In each incident, the burglars would throw a large rock through a storefront window to steal the expensive flat-panel TV’s on display.
After multiple losses, the retailer hired Security Central to install an alarm system to provide early detection of such an intrusion. Security Central installed a state-of-the-art security system that included glass break sensors as well as outdoor sirens and strobe lights. The very next night, in a snow storm, the burglars returned for another encore performance of their previously successful burglaries. However, this time when they threw the rock at the front window, the newly installed alarm system instantly trigged the outdoor lights and sirens and alerted our 24-hour monitoring center. Valerie, one of our nocturnal night-time alarm dispatchers, immediately notified the Lakewood Police of the crime in progress.
The burglars, startled by the loud flashing outdoor siren, quickly jumped into their vehicle and attempted to speed away empty-handed. However, thanks to the layer of snow and ice that blanketed the pavement, the fleeing thieves only made it a short distance before they slid off the road and crashed into a ditch. The not-too-bright burglars then ran from the stolen vehicle to their home a few blocks away.
It only took the police a few minutes to follow the tire tracks in the fresh snow from the scene of the crime to the abandoned vehicle. The trail of snowy footprints then led them directly to the front door of the felons’ house. A few minutes later, the cold and wet criminals were warming themselves in the Lakewood jail.
Thanks to Security Central and a little help from Mother Nature, one Lakewood store owner no longer has to wonder when these burglars will be back.
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