Soldier stationed in Iraq calls cops 6,000 miles away in Chicago after spotting two burglars robbing his home on his Nest doorbell camera app
- A soldier stationed in Iraq spotted two men breaking into his garage
- Soldier Richard Wharton was 6,500 miles away and using an app on his phone hooked up to a camera when he spotted the burglars walking out with his tools
- Upon calling local law enforcement, police were able to apprehend the suspects
- Andres Gutierrez and Brandon Shaw were arrested at around 2:30am on Friday and charged with three counts of burglary
He may have been more then 6,000 miles away but that didn’t stop a soldier stationed in Iraq from calling the cops in Chicago after spotting two robbers breaking into his home.
Soldier Richard Wharton was viewing his doorbell camera via an app on his smartphone when he noticed two people leave his garage with some of his power tools.
He immediately called the Park Ridge police to alert them of the suspected theft and explained how he had video evidence of a crime being committed.
Andres Gutierrez, left, and Brandon Shaw, right, were arrested at around 2:30am on Friday and charged with three counts of burglary
Park Ridge cops responded quickly and lo and behold spotted two men weighed own with the stolen electric tools according to Fox32.
Andres Gutierrez and Brandon Shaw were arrested at around 2:30am on Friday and taken into custody.
‘He saw it and watched it and communicated great with us and called us right away,’ Tom Gadomski with Park Ridge police said.
Soldier Richard Wharton was 6,500 miles away and using an app on his phone hooked up to a doorbell camera he spotted the burglars walking out with his power tools
The camera clearly captured the men walking out from his garage loaded with tools. They were apprehended a short time later
‘We had officers right in the area and found the offenders and took them into custody.’
Police say that they are suspected of stealing items from parked cars in the area as well.
Gutierrez and Shaw were charged with three counts of burglary.
‘The Park Ridge Police Department extends our sincere appreciation to Soldier Richard Wharton who, while protecting his country overseas, also assisted his hometown police department in the apprehension of two burglary suspects,’ the police wrote in a statement.