Updated Dec. 13, 2016, 6:45 p.m.
It's burglar catnip: a large, unoccupied home late at night, with iPads and laptops strewn temptingly around.
Sure enough, one man did break in — exactly as the police had planned. Arrested, he protested his innocence, at least until law enforcement shined a black light in his direction and he glowed like a neon-yellow beacon. The bait he'd lifted was boobytrapped.
Motion-activated sensors, triggered as he entered, also sprayed an invisible, UV-detectable mist onto his clothes and skin that was water resistant enough to survive for weeks. It contained markers unique to the location, which allowed police forensics to place him decisively at the scene (the electronic gadgets he'd taken were also dabbed with the same solution). His subsequent conviction was seamless.
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