Home security video catches Woodbury thief in the act

Trisha Volpe, KARE 9:36 p.m. EST November 13, 2014

Home surveillance still photo(Photo: KARE)

WOODBURY, Minn. -- A Woodbury homeowner is hoping home security video helps catch a thief who helped himself to her new snow blower.

The burglary happened on October 22nd, when Jodi Baggenstoss says she accidentally forgot to close her overhead garage door.

Video shot using her home security system shows a light-colored Jeep Wrangler Sahara first case the quiet cul de sac, then back up into Baggenstoss' driveway. You can see someone lifting the snow blower into the back of the SUV, close the tailgate, then quickly leave.

"Very brazen," Baggenstoss says. "I was sick to my stomach that I was sleeping in my bed and this man was in my garage."

Some call it high tech neighborhood watch as more and more homeowners install sophisticated security systems to protect their homes. Just last week in Champlin police arrested a man seen on home security video taking a package from someone's front step.

Security experts like Joe Castro with Nighthawk Security say cameras are a deterrent but to really be protected, homeowners need more.

"Unless there's something connected to that can notify authorities or notify the homeowner, it's pretty much going to be video of somebody taking or doing what they're going to do," Castro says.

Baggenstoss does have a monitored security system, but did not have sensors to tell her the garage door was open. She has since corrected that issue and is now hoping to catch the thief, not to get back her $700 snow blower, but to reclaim her sense of security.

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Home security video catches Woodbury thief in the act