INDIANAPOLIS — Residents of the Springdale neighborhood on the east side of Indianapolis say the number of people trying to break into cars and steal people's property has gotten out of control.
Many of the homes on the block near 10th and Rural streets are now equipped with security cameras.
In security video, you can see two men walking up a driveway.
When the motion activated light turns on, you can see one of them is holding a pistol before they notice the camera and leave.
"It's kind of scary just to see people just scoping places out like this openly," said Tyler Garza, who lives in the area.
Garza said he installed $600 worth of cameras around his house because of the amount of times things have been stolen from his property.
"A previous partner of mine lived here and had her car warming up and she drove a manual vehicle and had it warming up and came back out to find it in reverse and stalled out. So, somebody had hopped in the car and leave with it within five minutes of it being left there," said Garza.
A house down from Garza is where Tim Barnes lives.
"I got two here, two here, I have two over there and then a number on the house," said as he pointed out the six cameras on his garage.
Barnes has a total of over a dozen cameras around his house.
One of those cameras caught the same two people from the first video attempting to open the doors to Barnes' vehicles.
"I mean, it's happened as early as 8:30 p.m. all the way through the night until 7 a.m. Just missing us before we come out. Just walking the alley, 'Oh, there are some cars, let's come check them,' or 'Oh, I see a bicycle in someone's yard,' I'd say it's pretty bold," said Barnes.
Both Barnes and Garza say they make IMPD aware of every incident and that the department has been helpful to address the issues.