A tenant in a Portland, Oregon apartment building who needed prescription painkillers after suffering an elevator injury noticed that many of her pills mysteriously vanished from her apartment on a regular basis. She always kept the drugs in the same spot in her living room, was sure to lock up when she went out, and there were no signs of a break-in.
After a year passed and the tenant reportedly lost 800-900 pills, she strongly suspected foul play. Teaming up with her roommate, the tenant set up laptops with cameras and motion detectors and caught the thief on tape, according to KATU.com.
Apparently, it was an inside job. The culprit was an employee of the building's management company, who let herself in regularly with the benefit of her own key. Based on the video evidence, the police arrested the employee, who was fired and now faces drug charges. The management company changed the locks in all apartments.
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