{"id":297263,"date":"2026-06-05T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297263\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:00:11","slug":"home-security-camera-captures-real-time-burglary-leading-to-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297263\/","title":{"rendered":"Home security camera captures real-time burglary, leading to arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 A man was arrested after a Port St. Lucie resident’s home security camera caught him burglarizing an apartment in real-time Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Sebastian Thibodeau, 36, was arrested and charged with burglary of an unoccupied dwelling following the incident at Sanctuary Apartments at Winterlakes in the 5400 block of NW Moorehen Trail.<\/p>\n

The incident began around 3:38 p.m. when the apartment resident received a motion alert from his security system while away from home. Checking his live camera feed, he spotted a masked man inside his apartment.<\/p>\n

The resident activated his camera’s audible siren, causing the suspect to leave briefly, only to return and tamper with the camera itself.<\/p>\n

Multiple witnesses saw the suspect flee the victim’s apartment and enter a neighboring unit in the same building. When Port St. Lucie Police arrived, they found clear signs of forced entry, including damage to the front door and door frame.<\/p>\n

Officers quickly established a perimeter while the SWAT team was called to assist. After repeated announcements, Thibodeau exited the apartment and surrendered without incident.<\/p>\n

\"Sebastian<\/p>\n

PSLPD<\/p>\n

Body-wear cam footage of Sebastian Thibodeau’s arrest June 4, 2026. <\/p>\n

Investigators collected surveillance footage from multiple sources throughout the complex, including doorbell cameras that captured a man matching the suspect’s description before and after the burglary. <\/p>\n

Police also found evidence that Thibodeau had attempted to obstruct security cameras to hide his movements and that a watch valued at approximately $300 was stolen during the burglary.<\/p>\n

Thibodeau was transported to the St. Lucie County Jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 A man was arrested after a Port St. Lucie resident’s home security camera…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[3321,132,171,173,172,125184,125185],"class_list":["post-297263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-burglary","tag-police","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-sanctuary-apartments-at-winterlakes","tag-sebastian-thibodeau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}