First lesson: Don’t wear distinctive clothing. In one case, police said, surveillance video captured the burglar wearing "bright red tennis shoes."
Second lesson: Don’t leave your wallet behind. Police said that at the scene of a Feb. 1 attempted break-in, a resident found Stewart’s wallet nearby. They gave it to police.
Third lesson: Don’t keep wearing the same distinctive clothing. When officers visited Stewart, they said he was on his porch, wearing a red pair of Adidas, like the sneakers seen in the video.
Fourth lesson: Be circumspect. Police said when they visited Stewart he was wearing a watch reported stolen and "holding a bag of old coins taken from one of the burglaries."
