Tawa Gaming Hub broken into, dumb criminal.

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#243063 25-Nov-2018 18:55

Just thought this is worth a share.

This happened just around the corner of my house - it is the 2nd time they've been broken into with PS4's getting stolen however this time they have a very good UniFi security system. What is even more stupid is there is expensive gaming machines that are worth around $3k a pop too.

Really hoping he gets caught - this is insane...

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#2133926 25-Nov-2018 19:05

Obviously not a very clever guy. Maybe some HD cameras would help even more...

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#2133929 25-Nov-2018 19:17

Bluntj:

Obviously not a very clever guy. Maybe some HD cameras would help even more...

The cameras are 1080p UniFi cameras and bare in mind it was dark too. They did a very good job!

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#2133934 25-Nov-2018 19:36

What a muppet! He wasnt even wearing a belt haha.

But also yea....... "very good" and "unifi security" dont belong in the same sentence haha.

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#2133956 25-Nov-2018 20:58

plenty of DNA left everywhere, what an idiot.

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#2134009 25-Nov-2018 21:12

i suspect the PS3s are an easy lift and onsell.

Computer requires knowing a little more and risking it being more identifiable.

Plus he would need a bigger hole.....

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#2134016 25-Nov-2018 21:30

For a place like this, I cant fathom why there are no;

1) Glass Break sensors (and he was taking glass off his leg for ages before the entry timer even started)

2) No effort to even deter people smashing to grab.

3) Sensor lighting, so at least he clarity of picture is improved.

4) I think a fog cannon would help as well. These seem to deter people.

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#2134022 25-Nov-2018 21:42

He certainly wasn't very smart.

Had their been better cameras there would have been perfectly clear shots of his face.

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#2134050 25-Nov-2018 22:47

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He certainly wasn't very smart.

Had their been better cameras there would have been perfectly clear shots of his face.

Looks like he had a stocking over his face, so better cameras may not have made that much difference.

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#2134074 26-Nov-2018 07:45

Reminds me of the idiot store manager an ex-boss hired years ago for a retail store. Was all good at the start, then the boss noticed parts going missing..... had security cameras in the main store but never saw anything unusual. Then came in one day to find pile of parts he'd left on the workbench for a client build gone, so suspected the store manager but couldnt prove anything.

I get a call a few days later from a friend who was working at the shop asking me to look at the DVR for the cameras - he'd tried accessing it because more parts had vanished and found the unit had been factory reset and the drive wiped. I instructed him on how to perform a data recovery and later that day got sent some emails with pictures attached - of the store manager in the shop after hours "shopping". Could see him come in the front door, then stay in the shadows until he got to the workshop where there were no working cameras. Or so he thought. My mate had gotten another camera working which was sitting right on top of the DVR - so theres a nice full frontal of the store manager with screwdriver in hand approaching the DVR to take it apart. Recordings stopped 30s after that.

Cops called, never found him, his own parents lied to the cops though.

Some right scum bags around.

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#2134125 26-Nov-2018 08:35

Someone's been playing too much Red Dead Redemption.

Thieves are the worst. He obviously didn't case the place though by going in one day for a game or two and checking out camera placement.

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#2134165 26-Nov-2018 09:36

There's a good chance that the car rego plates will be stolen as well, if you do get them.

I have footage of a car outside my neighbors house who had her car broken into.

The car was a Mercedes with stolen plates.

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#2134173 26-Nov-2018 09:45

The crim knew what he was doing somewhat.
Easier to sell off a ps4 than try to sell a gaming rig which would garner attention.

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#2134215 26-Nov-2018 10:21

I bet you 1 chocolate fish that those units were traded for drugs within 2 hours.

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#2140720 6-Dec-2018 17:41

Well the owner has started a givealittle page to get more PS4's in the hub. He runs this more as a hobby and doesn't make anything out of it. It is sad that things like this happen to good people...