A Reasonable Explanation, part 1

by J.J. Lewsac

Caitlyn was a hard working business professional, wife, and mother of two children. They were an untraditional family in that Caitlyn was the one with the career, while her husband Thomas stayed home with the children. Caitlyn worked 9-10 hours a day, and while she was seeing less and less of her family, certainly less than she preferred, Thomas was very supportive of her. He got the kids breakfast, packed their lunches, and sent them to school every day. He did chores around the house and had dinner waiting for her when she got home in the evenings. They had a routine, and everything was comfortable for them. Or, at least that was the impression Caitlyn got. Read more »

The Neighbor

by J.J. Lewsac

In a perfect world, there would be no need for surveillance cameras to watch over our homes or businesses.Sadly, there are people in this world who choose not to respect your property or privacy. Life can become especially difficult when such a person is your next door neighbor.

I recently came into contact with an individual, whom we shall call “Max” who was concerned about his family’s safety and the security of his property due to the fact that he was becoming increasingly harassed by his neighbor. The neighbor had made threats to this individual, even saying he would bury his entire family in his back yard one day. At first Max didn’t take the threats seriously; however, strange things started to happen. He and his family came home from church one afternoon to find their front door had a red X spray painted across it. A few days later their children’s swing set was completely disassembled and left in a pile. It smelled like vinegar had been poured over it. The last straw for Max came when he had friends and family over for a BBQ. Max went to go start the grill and when he opened it up he found that manure had been dumped inside. Had Max ignited the grill without opening the lid, it is possible it could have exploded.  Read more »

Squeeze, part 4

by J.J. Lewsac

Sandra rushed home after calling the police, wanting to meet them there. When she arrived there were two squad cars parked outside her house, but no sign of the pick up truck she had seen on her cameras. She parked out front and hurried up to a couple of officers that were talking outside her door.  Read more »

Squeeze, part 2

by J.J. Lewsac

The police had come and gone from Sandra’s home. They took down her statement, looked around the house, both inside and out, but there wasn’t anything that could really be done. The police had confirmed that there were no signs of forced entry; however with nothing else to do for Sandra, the police suggested that she look into a surveillance system, as video footage could have gone a long way towards helping them catch the thief that had stolen her vase of coins. Sandra had estimated it to have been at least a couple hundred dollars in that vase that was now gone.