Burglar Caught in the Act… by an iPhone!

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A burglar was caught red-handed in Denver this week, thanks to an iPhone app that shows the camera feed from a home computer.

A woman named Claire, who gave only her first name to the press, uses the app to keep tabs on her dog while she travels. But when she logged in Tuesday, she saw a crook going through her stuff.

Police arrested a suspect. But when they told Claire that he didn’t steal anything, she informed them that in fact she has iPhone video of the suspect stealing her iPad.

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