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False Alarm Triggered by Basement Security SystemHarvard IL

audio iconBurglary
Harvard, IL 60033

A residential alarm near Strait Road in Harvard went off for about 15 minutes. The caller saw lights in the basement and thought someone might be inside. Later, it was clarified that the alarm was installed by the homeowner's husband who is out of the country, and the lights were likely not an intruder but orbs seen on camera.

Audio|Source: McHenry County Sheriff Dispatch
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Transcript:
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3d8.5 from county cap, you know,
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residential alarm in Harvard.
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Go ahead, 1413.
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near Strait Road in Harvard.
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We're on the phone with (name withheld).
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The caller hears alarms going off for last 15 minutes.
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Sees lights in the basement, thinks maybe flashlights or someone's inside.
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He said the homeowner is out of the country right now.
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Check for us.
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County, favorite four, I'll be a route from a Rango Tunchet.
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104.
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Going through 2.308.
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3D2308.
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3D2B.2B.
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1-716 inhale with B-truck plate (number withheld) (number withheld) the beat truck plate black Chevy avalanchevon on occupancy 1-76 a hail
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yeah
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county is 3d8 tv 2d 277 the name and day first
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Three David, two.
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Go ahead with your first one.
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Last name is Bond, like James Bond.
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First name is Ryan, R.Y.A.M. Mills, Jays, and John.
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Joe 2,
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23,
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1991, Van White. Let me already for a second.
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Go with your second one.
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First name is C's, F-E-E-S,
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first name is Jackie.
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Frank Edward Edwards and B.
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Penn.
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David 2 from David 1. Can you assign it?
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Yeah, that's right, for sure.
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Thank you. David 5.4.4 information.
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So apparently, the J5 homeowner at home,
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her husband installs an alarm in the basement.
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She doesn't know how it works, and he's the one who's out of the country, so she can't ask him right now. That's just his alarm that he made.
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Talk for her for you, thank you.
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Three David's five information.
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Go ahead, man.
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The J5 says she checked her cameras.
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She sees orbs floating in the basement.
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Very well. Thank you, ma'am.

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