{"id":159495,"date":"2026-02-01T22:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/159495\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T22:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:09:09","slug":"burglars-planting-cameras-to-case-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/159495\/","title":{"rendered":"Burglars Planting Cameras to Case Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        Burglars aren&#8217;t just peeking through windows anymore in California&#8217;s Bay Area\u2014they&#8217;re deploying tech to case houses. Police in San Jose are investigating after a homeowner found a camouflaged surveillance camera tucked into shrubbery outside the residence, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/burglars-caught-spying-homes-hidden-camouflaged-cameras-before-striking-neighborhoods\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News<\/a>. Authorities say the device was aimed directly at the house, suggesting it wasn&#8217;t there to capture wildlife. &#8220;It is believed the camera was used to monitor the occupants of the residence in preparation for a burglary or other criminal activity,&#8221; says the SJPD, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/burglars-planting-hidden-cameras-to-scout-bay-area-homes-police-warn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KRON<\/a>.&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        Detectives later located a second hidden WiFi device nearby, and police say the discoveries fit into a broader pattern of several recent cases. &#8220;The suspects plant hidden surveillance devices, often posing as delivery service providers, to determine when homes are unoccupied before committing burglaries,&#8221; says the department. No arrests have been made in connection with the devices.&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Burglars aren&#8217;t just peeking through windows anymore in California&#8217;s Bay Area\u2014they&#8217;re deploying tech to case houses. Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[766,8771,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-159495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-burglary","tag-neighborhoods","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}