Terrifying moment burglary gang dressed as construction crew invade LA home and steal jewelry after jamming victims' WiFi

A band of burglars disguised as construction workers broke into a Studio City home, disabled security measures with WiFi jamming equipment and escaped with thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, watches and purses.

The homeowner, who declined to be identified, told KTLA that after her home was burglarized last Friday afternoon, two of her neighbors experienced break-ins. And just weeks earlier, another home in Studio City was hit by thieves. 

The homeowner's surveillance cameras captured the moment a phony construction worker tried to gain entry. He was wearing a medical mask to hide his face.

She discovered the burglary in progress when she received a call from her security company about her home's motion sensors going off. When she checked the cameras for movement, she saw her two sons coming home.

'I was looking at the camera and I saw them running outside,' she explained. 'I said, "What happened?" They said that somebody was inside, but nobody was inside. They already were gone.' 

The criminals, who broke in through the main bedroom's sliding glass door, marauded through several rooms, making off with tens of thousands of dollars worth of the family's possessions, some of which were irreplaceable, according to the homeowner.

'It's really hard. It's not easy what we're going through,' she said. 

The burglars have yet to be identified, and part of what made their crime a success was their use of WiFi jamming technology.

As the Los Angeles and Glendale police departments have previously warned residents, the crooks in this case used these Wi-Fi jammers to disable cameras and the home alarm system.

They also used good-old fashioned brute force to knock out some of the cameras.

'They took out our alarm system and put it inside the sink and they opened up the water on top of it,' she said, adding, 'We had a couple of Ring cameras, and they threw them in the pool.'

The suspects were captured driving up and down the street on the home's surveillance camera before they were destroyed in the break in.

They allegedly drove around the neighborhood for hours, possibly casing multiple homes to see which one would make for a prime target. 

One of the vehicles was described as a white Nissan Rogue and the other a black Tesla, both with tinted windows.

'I hope they catch them,' the homeowner said. 'I know we’re not going to get our belongings back, but I just want justice.' 

It isn't clear if this particular crime was committed by one of the burglary tourist rings that come all the way from Chile, Ecuador, Columbia and Peru to target wealthy neighborhoods in Los Angeles.