COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A Cobb County family says they were followed home and almost tricked into opening their door.
Surveillance video shows a woman attempting to unlock the key pad on the front door.
The homeowner, who asked only to be identified as Larry, spoke with Channel 2's Lauren Pozen about how, with the help of an app on his phone, he was able to see the person trying to get into his home.
“If you are in a gated neighborhood, nothing is 100 percent safe anymore,” Larry said. “There was a car following me but I just thought it was a possible neighbor.”
Larry said he made his way into his gated community and noticed the person was still following him.
“They came right through the gate following me. Went down the hill to my house,” Larry said.
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He said the car then blocked his driveway. Immediately, he closed the garage door.
“She came to my doorbell. I had one of those doorbell cameras,” Larry said.
From the garage, Larry told Pozen that he watched.
“I am using the app on my phone to look and see what she is doing. The first thing she does is knock on my door, the ring the doorbell, then starts pushing buttons on my door handle to try and get into the lock,” Larry said.
He said he talked to the girl through his app.
“My instinct was, ‘Get off my property. I am calling the police.’ As soon as I called, that is when she disappeared, fast,” Larry said.
Channel 2 Action News reported a similar case two weeks ago.
The video from a doorbell camera shows a woman at the door before the two men with guns barged in to a Cobb County home in Mableton.
The victim said the men pointed guns at her and her two children. They were able to get away unharmed.
Pozen asked police Friday night if Thursday’s case is related to the one two weeks ago, but they couldn’t answer because they still need to see the report.
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