They tried to break into a Kennewick house. They didn’t see the camera

An attempted burglary in Kennewick was foiled by a camera and a cell phone app.

The victim was at work in Richland when her phone alerted her to two people trying to get inside, Kennewick police Officer Craig Hanson said.

When she pulled up the video feed, she watched as the men trying the doors and windows at her Osborne Street home, then called 911. She relayed what she was seeing to dispatchers as officers drove to the home.

Police found Ismael Valladares, 20, and a 16-year-old boy getting into a Mazda sedan parked on First Avenue and arrested them.

Kennewick police credited the woman for taking extra steps to make sure her house was safe, including putting in the security system that helped catch the men.

This is the second burglary attempt interrupted by Kennewick police in less than a day. Police arrested three people after they broke into a shed on the 3300 block of West 19th Avenue around 12:30 a.m.

The accused burglars — Daniel Roberts, 35, Theresa Sargent, 25, and Dominic Woodward, 25, — showed up at the house and started banging on the door. As they grew increasingly insistent, the resident became more worried.

She locked herself in a bedroom and called her son, who lived across the street. He son saw the trio and called 911.

Then they turned to the shed on the property and began loading tools and other items from the building into a truck.

When police arrived at the scene, two of the suspects ran but were arrested shortly after. The third was taken into custody at the scene.

Roberts, Sargent and Woodward were booked into Benton County jail on suspicion of second-degree burglary.

This story was originally published October 24, 2018 at 11:34 AM.