Home laser light thefts are on the rise
APP — IT’S FREE FOR YOUR SMARTPHONE OR TABLET. ((I JUST COULDN’T BELIEVE SOMEONE WOULD SNATCH A LASER LIGHT, CHRISTMAS LIGHT … WHO DOES THAT LAUGHS)) A REAL-LIFE GRINCH STOLE A HOLIDAY LIGHT DISPLAY — BUT THE HOMEOWNERS CAUGHT HIM ON THEIR SURVEILLANCE CAMERA. NOW POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE THIEF. NEWS 4’S DAVE GREBER TALKED TO THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLIDAY HEIST. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CATCHES A CHRISTMAS LIGHT THIEF IN THE ACT ON A SNOWY SUNDAY NIGHT. AND NOW A SOUTH BUFFALO COUPLE IS HOPING POLICE CATCH UP TO HIM, WHICH MAY BE MADE EASIER BY THE FACT HIS GETAWAY CAR IS BICYCLE. LORI SCHMIDT AND HER BOYFRIEND JOHN LOVE CHRISTMAS, AND ESPECIALLY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. ((LITTLE COMPETITIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
WE DID IT, SO THEY COPIED. LIGHT THE WHOLE HOUSE UP. MAKE IT LOOK NICE. TRYING TO BRIGHTEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. )) AT AROUND 10:30 SUNDAY NIGHT, JOHN VENTURED OUT TO SHOVEL OFF THE DRIVEWAY. THAT’S WHEN HE NOTICED SOMEONE HAD STOLEN HIS CHRISTMAS LASER LIGHT THAT WAS AFIXED TO THIS POLE IN HIS FRONT YARD. ((CAME BACK IN, REWINDED THE VIDEO CAMERA, NOTICED SOMEBODY ON A BICYCLE WENT TO THE END OF THE BLOCK, CAME BACK, TOOK IT, AND WENT OFF ON IT. )) THE LASER LIGHTS AREN’T CHEAP, RANGING IN PRICE FROM $20 TO $100. THEY BEAM POWERFUL LED LIGHT (USUALLY RED AND GREEN) ONTO A HOME’S FACADE, WHICH CAN BE USED INSTEAD OF, OR AS A COMPLIMENT TO TRADITIONAL HANGING LIGHTS.
I JUST COULDN’T BELIEVE SOMEONE WOULD SNATCH A LASER LIGHT, CHRISTMAS LIGHT. WHO DOES THAT?), THIS GUY. AND LORI’S WASN’T THE FIRST HE TOOK. ((HE HAD A BAG, SO OURS ISN’T THE FIRST ONE HE’S STOLEN, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THERE’S MORE HANGING. )) LORI AND JOHN SAID A DISTRICT POLICE TOLD THEM THEY’VE SEEN A RASH OF THESE THEFTS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE LASER LIGHTS ARE GROWING IN POPULARITY. AND IT’S NOT GOING TO DETER THE SOUTH BUFFALO COUPLE, WHO ALREADY BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT. ((THAT ONE IS GOING TO GET SECURED.
THAT ONE WAS MORE, IT COSTS MORE, SO WE’RE GOING TO SECURE THAT ONE. TIE IT DOWN AND SCREW IT IN. )) POLICE SAY THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF, INCLUDING USING A STURDY BASE, LIKE JOHN AND LORI DID, USING ZIPTIES AND ELECTRICAL TAPE, OR SCREWING THE UNIT TO THE BASE. BUT THE.
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