DALLAS, N.C. — A clever act caught on camera – A man dressed in a construction like vest and rubber boots used an umbrella to hide his face as he broke into Michael Berry’s home.
“I’m pissed. I mean, that’s the only word I know,” said Berry.
Gaston County Police say it happened last week off of Miles Road in Dallas.
They believe the man parked his truck down the street from Berry’s home before breaking in.
“When he got in, he turn my internet off so my cameras wouldn’t work. And then he hit my safe,” said Berry.
Berry says inside of the safe was cash his family had saved up.
“He just wanted the money, I guess, because you can’t track it down,” said Berry.
As you can see in the surveillance video it was broad daylight when the crime was committed.
Luckily no one was home but …