Canadian couple catches burglar at Florida beach house via web cam
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A Canadian couple watched on a web cam as a man broke into their Florida vacation home on Fort Myers Beach well over a-thousand miles away, then turned the video over to authorities.
The surveillance tape helped Lee County sheriff's deputies arrest 45-year-old Thomas Hinton on Sunday, the day after the alleged break-in. He's charged with burglary and grand theft and was jailed on $160,000 bond.
The News-Press of Fort Myers reports the couple reported the crime from their home in Ontario, Canada, on Saturday night after seeing the man on a web cam. Deputies later learned the man might also be connected to other area burglaries.
A deputy spotted the suspect Sunday and arrested him. A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 5.