Neighbors living in an Upland neighborhood are on edge after a camouflaged camera was found in a planter in front of a home on Saturday.
They say the camera was discovered around 12:30 a.m. while someone was cleaning their front yard. At first it was thought to be just part of the garden system, until another neighbor recognized it as a surveillance device.
Officers from the Upland Police Department were called to the home and took the camera to investigate further, neighbors said.
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The same neighbors say that in early August, they were getting ready to go on vacation and had mailed more than a dozen checks in envelopes, only to return to find that all of the checks were forged, with a total of $13,000 taken from their accounts. All of the payments, including insurance, had reportedly been intercepted and forged.
According to neighbors, there was no corrosion on the camera. They believe it was deliberately placed so that the camera could monitor their comings and goings throughout the day.
Police were not yet available for comment on the case.
This appears to be the latest incident in a growing trend in Southern California, as homeowners have found hidden cameras disguised as bushes, rocks and piles of leaves in spots stretching from Alhambra And Agoura Hills Unpleasant Chino Hills And Temecula.
