MORGAN HILL, Calif. (KGO) — In a quiet Morgan Hill neighborhood on the north end of town, neighbors are surprised to hear police are investigating a prowling incident.
Police say on Tuesday morning a woman who lives off of Saffron Drive reported that a man knocked on her front door. She said he then attempted to get into her backyard through a side gate, but was unable to.
She believed the suspect used a Wi-Fi jammer as her home surveillance cameras went offline during the incident. However, the cameras kept recording.
On Thursday, we sat down with Detective Sergeant Sean Bayard.
“Unfortunately, some of those jammers they operate on the same signal as Wi-Fi signals and that’s where the jamming takes place, as that jammer approaches the Wi-Fi signal it will cause interruptions to the cameras,” Sergeant Bayard said.
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Police say on Wednesday morning, the same woman reported she had been followed by a white Chevy sedan after she noticed it was parked outside her home. Police said the vehicle followed her as she drove her children to school.
“And as she continued to drive through town, that vehicle was making every turn she was making. And so she did the right thing by immediately calling 911, our dispatchers right away told her to start driving towards the police department as well as dispatching a patrol officer,” Sergeant Bayard said.
Police say they pulled the sedan over, and detained a woman and man. Police said the man was the same suspect in the surveillance video who prowled around the woman’s home.
They were both booked on charges of criminal conspiracy, stalking, prowling, vandalism, and providing a false name.
Nearby neighbors like Caitlyn Amaral gave credit to the homeowner who remained watchful.
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“You never want to assume like someone is following you, you never want to assume that it’s something bad so sometimes like you never know – and like that’s brave of her to assume the worst the you know, because you don’t know,” Amaral said.
Frankie Luna said it’s a reminder how valuable home surveillance cameras are.
“Everyone needs to have it, it’s just good for proof – it’s like having a dashcam on your car, it’s just good evidence to have for everyone,” Luna said.
Seargeant Bayard recommends getting home surveillance cameras hard wired to prevent potential Wi-Fi jammers that are sold on the market.
As far as the investigation, detectives are looking into whether this was random, the suspects may have followed the victim from work.
It remains an open investigation.
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