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New threat facing homeowners whose properties are featured online
Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com and Google Maps give criminals the tools to surveil a home more easily than ever before. Experts advised homeowners on how to best protect themselves.
"Right now you metaphorically case the joint out by going on these platforms with a cup of coffee in the comfort of your chair, and you gain more relevant data and intel than you ever did with [binoculars] and a vehicle outside the home," former NYPD detective and security expert Pat Brosnan told Fox News Digital. Sue Ellen Gutierrez Saez, 20, Johan Salvo Alacon, 21, and Manuel Eduardo Fuentes Gomez, 25, were arrested in Phoenix for allegedly committing an estimated 111 home burglaries as part of a South American criminal gang. A home with children’s toys scattered in the yard might be an unlikely place to get a high-end sports car; but a house with flags used as window coverings might be more likely to have an older vehicle — with lower value and therefore lesser criminal charges," she told Fox News Digital.
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