ALABAMA COMPUTER STOLEN - Grandma catches burglars

A Limestone County grandmother nabbed two burglary suspects Tuesday after she used a baby-monitoring device to detect the burglars inside her daughter’s home.

“She lived next door to her daughter, and by using the baby monitor, she heard strange noises coming from the house,” said Limestone County Investigator Brad Curnutt. “As it turned out, two burglars were inside the house looking for something to steal.”

Curnutt said the grandmother, who he did not identify, heard a noise and ran next door to her daughter’s home to see what was happening. That is when she noticed the door open and called police.

“As she called the police, a guy came out of the house,” Curnutt said. “But he waited with her until the law arrived on the scene.”

Two 17-year-olds were arrested and each charged with third-degree burglary. One of the teens is also charged with illegal possession of marijuana, investigators said.

“They had been burglarized before and had set up the baby monitor just in case it happened again,” Curnutt said. “Sure enough, between 11 and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, it happened. She heard those noises inside the house that she knew weren’t coming from any members of her family.”

The daughter who lives in the house in the 26000 block of Newby Road, had a laptop computer stolen from her home recently while she was away, Curnutt said. Investigators said the daughter was at work Tuesday when her home was entered illegally again.

Investigator Josh McLaughlin made the arrests.

The teenagers have been turned over to county juvenile authorities for prosecution.