NY Post
September 19, 2015
A break-in at an Upper East Side apartment was recorded as it happened, with two clueless burglars caught on camera — and their images sent via phone app right to the victim while he was at work, sources said.
Danny Wheeler, 30, says that at about 1 p.m. Tuesday, he got an alert on his device saying there was a problem at his home at Second Avenue and East 81st Street.
He popped open the app, called Canary, and was shocked to see a video of a burglar coming through his window and rummaging around through his house.
“I was at work about to get on a conference call, when out of nowhere, my phone gave me an alert,” he said.
“I opened it up and saw the actual screen shot that had an actual guy on it.”
He immediately contacted 911 and was able to give a detailed description of the burglars. He rushed home.