SPRING VALLEY, Calif. (CBS 8) - When most people get their car broken into they're left with only broken glass, but not the Cobb Family. The family of five set a surveillance video trap and caught their car burglar on tape.

The Cobbs say one time when their car was broken into, the thief smashed their window out with the concrete slab that covers their water meter. So they set a video trap just in case the thief struck again.

"I think it's surprising for it to be a woman breaking into a car," Britni said.

If your vehicles were broken into six times in two years, you'd fight back too. Britni Cobb now has video tape of a woman breaking into her rental car that was parked right in front of her home.

"Everybody is kind of shocked, you know, this is a family-oriented neighborhood, it's real quiet," Britni said.

Six months ago when Britni was the victim of another smash and grab, she put her husband to work. James Cobb is an electronics expert, so he wired his house with four surveillance cameras, and even put a sign in the front yard warning thieves to stay away.

"You never know who has cameras nowadays," James said. Read More

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