Suspected thieves were caught on camera robbing an Orlando home, police say

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Police officers in Orlando are investigating a burglary at a home where the owner tells FOX 35 he captured everything on video. The accused thieves had no idea the entire time that there were cameras in every room.

The suspected thieves were seen on camera taking their time as they searched William McKnight’s Orlando home. McKnight said his 15-year-old nephew was home alone and opened the door without checking to see who it was.

“Opens the door, there are two individuals, a man and a woman standing outside. As soon as he opens the door, they say, ‘Hello, are your parents home?’ He says, ‘No, they’re not home.’ They immediately step into the apartment, so he backs away and says, “Whoa, what’s going on?” That’s when they pull the gun,” McKnight explained.

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McKnight said one of the suspected thieves was seen in the video with a gun in his hand. He said his cousin was terrified. All he could do was accompany the man and woman from room to room as they searched for anything they thought was valuable.

“So in the living room I had a crossbody bag, they took the bag,” McKnight said. “They go into my bedroom and go from place to place to place. They go into the drawers and take watches, bracelets and all the money they find, they go into the closet, make him get a ladder from the kitchen, they are asking him if there are safes in the house?”

The man and woman did not see the network of small cameras everywhere that recorded everything.

“So when the thieves came in, they didn’t notice that there were cameras all over the house. They just walked in and thought, ‘We hit the jackpot!'” McKnight said.

McKnight contacted Orlando police, who opened an investigation. He hoped it was only a matter of time before they were caught. He said police were also looking at video footage from the street that could help catch the suspected thieves.

“Someone is going to recognize these people,” he said. “It’s not a blurry camera, it’s clear, precise angles and full frontal views.”

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