Thieves finding new ways to break into your home

Burglars are usually a little more active over the holidays, and now they are finding a new way to break into some homes. Even if the doors are locked and the alarm is set, there's an entrance many people don't even know about.
One local woman says she returned home from a holiday trip to find nearly everything in her condo gone. When she called police, Metro says her home was broken into from the inside.
A busted door shaft and rusted nails show that someone knew how to get into her home through the crawl space above her bedroom closet. For her safety, we are protecting her identity.
"I felt really safe in that apartment and it never dawned on me that someone would be coming through the attic," she said.
Police say there are ways for people to protect their homes from this type of break-in.

Bill Would Alter N.H. Wiretap Statute

CONCORD, N.H. -- A man who was arrested after he used his home security system to videotape police at his door last year has inspired a bill to let property owners record audio and video at their homes without notice.
Michael Gannon, 40, of Nashua, N.H., was arrested after his home security camera made video and audio recordings of the detectives, who had come looking for his teenage son. The felony wiretapping charges were later dropped.
Gannon was arrested after he brought the recordings to the police station to complain that a detective was rude to him.
Police later returned Gannon's cameras and recording equipment, but did not give back the tapes, saying they were illegal recordings.
Last week, Rep. Dudley Dumaine, R-Auburn, and five other sponsors introduced House Bill 97, which would add an exception to the state's wiretap law, letting property owners record their own premises, with or without warning.

InGrid Delves Into Digital Home Protection

InGrid just unveiled the first digital home protection products available for distribution through broadband providers. Digital home protection promises to solve many of the major shortcomings of analog security systems, such as false alarms, short battery life, and high vulnerability to intruders.
Using wireless technologies, InGrid creates an invisible grid of security throughout the entire home, offering protection and control without extensive installation costs. InGrid's protection network is comprised of a portable handset and broadband-enabled base station that communicates with wireless self-adhering window and door sensors that immediately report any change in activity you choose to monitor. Broadband integration keeps the system always on and always connected to its monitoring service, and all components can plug into one or more telephone jacks for back-up if broadband service is interrupted.