A thief dubbed ‘snake burglar’ for his tactic of slithering on the bottom to keep away from setting off motion-activated alarms was caught stealing $50,000 in silver – however solely on digicam.

Surveillance footage reveals the burglar wriggling on the carpeted ground of Crown Gold Trade in Riverside, California. He went by means of objects in a again room for 5 minutes, the shop proprietor Cesar Meyer advised KTLA.

The burglar final week apparently used a hammer to interrupt into the drywall of a vacant storefront subsequent door and bought into the gold trade enterprise from there. The video reveals a person in a darkish hoodie, darkish pants and sneakers opening drawers whereas on the ground and taking objects, then sliding out.

‘This man slithered in, crawled on the bottom, type of like Lt Dan-style, hand over hand, didn’t transfer his legs, and was capable of rummage by means of my whole again room for a full 5 minutes,’ Meyer stated.

Police are looking for a man dubbed the snake burglar who wriggled his way through Riverside businesses and stole items
Police are on the lookout for a person dubbed the snake burglar who wriggled his manner by means of Riverside companies and stole objects (Footage: KTLA)

Meyer blamed his ADT alarm system for not detecting the housebreaking in progress.

‘There’s positively one thing defective, one thing occurring with the ADT movement detectors, as a result of in the event that they’re designed to detect movement, this man is transferring round loads in all of those companies, and ADT’s movement detectors are usually not selecting it up,’ Meyer advised the TV station. 

Police stated that the burglar used the identical technique that was utilized in not less than a half-dozen different robberies in current months in Riverside, which is about 55 miles east of Los Angeles.

In November, a person kicked a ground-level facet window of Physique Tan Salon and Spa and lower by means of sheet rock to get in, then took off with money within the register, in accordance with cops.

Surveillance footage additionally recorded a person wriggling into Rustic Roots hair salon on November 26, and the proprietor Lori Hajj stated that merchandise and $8,000 from the register went lacking.

Authorities are investigating whether or not the person who stole from the gold trade is identical particular person answerable for burglaries in November and December.

‘This Crown Gold Trade housebreaking does seem like very related, if not the identical, to the suspect within the others again in late November,’ Riverside Police spokesman Ryan Railsback advised the Each day Mail on Wednesday.

‘Our detectives are following up on leads however we now have not recognized the suspect but.’

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