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On Sat. February 4th at 11:06PM a man approached [Joel Matlin]'s house in Toronto, Ontario, while Mr. Matlin was on vacation. Mr. Matlin's house is equipped with an AlarmForce home alarm and AlarmForce VideoRelay, so as the man approached the front door, Mr. Matlin was sent an email with three pictures of the subject. The man then rang Mr. Matlin's doorbell, which sent a phone call to Mr. Matlin's cellular phone. Mr. Matlin did not have his phone on him; however he saw the missed VideoRelay call and the email a few minutes later. Mr. Matlin then logged into the VideoRelay app on his smart phone and checked the live video feed of his house and saw he was no longer there. However, since it was late at night and Mr. Matlin did not recognize the man, he called Toronto Police and asked if they could check on the house. He also sent the police the email containing the three pictures.