The Cape Coral Police Department arrested an alleged burglar who was caught breaking into a van on Christmas Eve.
Watch Fox 4’s Alex Orenczuk report on CCPD’s arrest of a Christmas Eve burglar:
Home security camera helps nab Christmas Eve burglar in Cape Coral
According to CCPD, officers responded to a home near SE 46th Street around 5:13 a.m. after getting a report from a homeowner. He said a man was breaking into his van, parked in his driveway.
CCPD said the homeowner was walking out of his front door to go to work when he spotted the alleged burglar.
Fox 4.Minutes later, officers found a man in the area matching the description of the burglar. That description paired with a next door neighbor’s security camera footage of the ordeal led to the arrest of 19-year-old Jaden Donovan.
Mike Beach, the man whose camera caught the burglar in the act, spoke with Fox 4.
“Well, I saw a guy clear as day, breaking into the neighbor’s van,” said Beach. “It followed him up, zoomed right into him, it’s got full color night vision 1080p all for $35 on Amazon.”