Baby Monitor Catches Burglar Prowling Infant's Room

According to the New York Post, he managed this by climbing up the fire escape and slipping through the open window.

The New York Police Department has since released the footage on their NYPD Crimestoppers Facebook page in the hopes of finding the intruder.

At first, he's careful not to make much noise as he slowly creeps around. He also doesn't touch anything at this point in the recording.

He passes the crib multiple times, but doesn't show any apparent interest in either the baby or anything in their room.

However, it's unclear whether he actually recognizes it as a camera since he makes no attempt to take or destroy it.

If he was confused as to what he was looking at, that may explain his next action.

However, he almost immediately turns it off and rushes for the window he came in through.

According to the New York Post, this was because he had heard the child's father speaking.

Police said that he climbed into another window soon after, whereupon he stole two watches, six necklaces, two bracelets, a backpack, and a bicycle.

Together, these items were worth about $1,200.

They said that on January 15, another person that resembles the man in the video scaled another apartment building and ended up stealing $7,000 worth of electronics and watches.

That time, he was spotted by a security camera, but he also apparently took a moment to look at it as he may have done with the baby monitor.

The original video of the burglar, who remains at large, can be found here.

h/t: The New York Post