{"id":571530,"date":"2026-03-30T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/571530\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:34:09","slug":"suspects-use-hidden-cameras-before-break-and-enters-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/571530\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspects use hidden cameras before break-and-enters: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police in York Region are warning residents about hidden cameras used by suspects to surveil homes before they break into them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yrp.ca\/en\/Modules\/News\/index.aspx?feedId=eec058e4-5b49-437f-89cd-d222d7465de7&amp;newsId=1e502767-bd9d-4609-a42e-2f02e41e0281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.yrp.ca\/en\/Modules\/News\/index.aspx?feedId=eec058e4-5b49-437f-89cd-d222d7465de7&amp;newsId=1e502767-bd9d-4609-a42e-2f02e41e0281\">In a news release on Monday<\/a>, police released photos of the camera that was located on residential properties in Vaughan following two incidents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">York Regional Police said the camera and battery packs were disguised with camouflage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe cameras were hidden near trees and bushes on the properties,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cA review of the footage revealed the devices were placed to record homeowners\u2019 routines, allowing suspects to scout the properties before committing break-and-enters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police are urging homeowners to be vigilant and report any suspicious people, items, or activities to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in York Region are warning residents about hidden cameras used by suspects to surveil homes before they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-571530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}