SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Investigators are actively searching for burglars captured on surveillance video trespassing in an Oak Park home in the middle of the day.
Just before 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, the footage shows a man wearing a cap and sunglasses ringing the doorbell at Arthur Engen's family home on Krenning Street.
Moments later, he and another man disappeared around the side of the home. Engen believes the intruders pried open a back door and went in.
A dining room camera shows them moving through the kitchen area, and another camera records them in the living room. The men then walked out of the camera's view into the bedroom hallway for about 15 minutes.
“Looking at the video, just in shock. I feel violated … It makes me angry,” said Engen.
The burglars then targeted two locked bedroom doors, likely using a screwdriver or a similar tool, causing damage to the door.
In the video, the intruders emerged from the bedrooms with bags of items. In the kitchen, one of the men added one more thing into a bag before leaving.
“To have someone like that invade your space hard to describe. You just don't feel safe in broad daylight,” said Engen.
Engen said a laptop was stolen, but isn't sure about what else was in those bags. One of the bedrooms belonged to his mother, who recently passed away, and the family had not yet gone through her belongings.
“I'm concerned there could be valuable things and sentimental things taken,” said Engen.
Engen fears the burglars will be at it again, as it appears they are not amateurs. They broke in soon after Engen's brother left the home, and right after that doorbell rang.
“That was last reassurance no one was home. It was bold doing it during the day. They’ve done it before,” said Engen.
One witness said the two men may have been driving an older model, silver SUV.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
