PALM BAY, Fla. -- A Florida homeowner took a bite out of crime with nothing but a tiny spy camera.

Dave Rich's Palm Bay house had been burglarized four times recently, and Rich had had it.

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"It's such a horrible thing," Rich said.

Rich set up his hidden camera Thursday and when he came home, he found he had been burglarized again. But, the thieves did not steal the VCR.

"When I looked on the tape, I was very surprised and glad," Rich said.

On the tape, the burglars sneak in through the back screen door of his home. Police said the burglars were looking for a way to steal the all-terrain vehicles in the garage and appeared to know their way around the home.

At least one of the suspects has been in the home several times. He went to school with Rich's son. In a previous burglary, Rich said the thieves knew exactly where to find the family's electronic games.

But, this time, the camera found the suspects. Police arrested them right away.

"You can't deny it when the camera shows you burglarizing a house," said Scott Searles, of the Palm Bay police.

When asked if he feels safer, Rich said he doesn't, really.

"Not after being violated like that," Rich said.

Police said the three suspects might be charged with other burglaries in the area, as well.