{"id":288447,"date":"2026-02-13T00:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/288447\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T00:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:45:09","slug":"live-updates-fbi-shares-description-of-suspect-in-nancy-guthrie-case-as-reward-for-information-grows-to-100000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/288447\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: FBI shares description of suspect in Nancy Guthrie case as reward for information grows to $100,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Cameras and home security systems \u2014 now more accessible and affordable than ever \u2014 are effective at deterring would-be burglars and home invaders, according to Joe Kuhns<\/a>, a professor at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, who has researched the topic.\n <\/p>\n

\n Kuhns, who surveyed hundreds of convicted burglars<\/a> as part of the study, said if people saw that a home or business had cameras, or even just signage that there were alarms, they \u201ctended to move on.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThere were occasional burglars that would try to circumvent the alarm and cut the wires and cover cameras and things like that, but those were the exceptions, not the rule,\u201d he told CNN.\n <\/p>\n

\n Authorities released video footage from a Nest camera near the front door of Nancy Guthrie\u2019s Arizona home, showing a person in a ski mask trying to tamper with the camera. While officials have not indicated that the situation with Guthrie was a burglary gone wrong, the images put some on edge about security around their own homes.\n <\/p>\n

\n In addition to the use of cameras, Kuhns said making your home appear occupied is a key way to deter criminals.\n <\/p>\n

\n Most home burglaries happen during the day when people are at work, he said. Homeowners should keep lights or the TV on or play music, Kuhns said. If people go out of town, they should have neighbors collect packages or mail, he added.\n <\/p>\n

\n Burglaries are also most often crimes of opportunity, according to the professor. Simple things like making sure you lock your doors, windows and closing your garage can all be deterrents.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThey\u2019re walking around looking for an easy score and so you want to have them look somewhere else or make it not easy for them, and hopefully discourage altogether,\u201d Kuhns said.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cameras and home security systems \u2014 now more accessible and affordable than ever \u2014 are effective at deterring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,7788,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-288447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-hnk","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}