--- title: Burglar Covered in Duvet from Bed for a Child description: CCTV footage captures burglar who hid under a duvet that looks like it is from a bed made for a child. canonical: https://time.com/4280506/burglar-duvet/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-04T16:35:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:19.612Z og:title: Watch a Burglar Sneak Around a House Covered in a Blanket og:description: CCTV footage captures burglar who hid under a duvet that looks like it is from a bed made for a child. og:url: https://time.com/4280506/burglar-duvet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8fafdf60e9592f4/69888d8ba988ca28866b740c/gettyimages-155150579.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 155150579 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Burglar Sneak Around a House Covered in a Blanket twitter:description: CCTV footage captures burglar who hid under a duvet that looks like it is from a bed made for a child. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8fafdf60e9592f4/69888d8ba988ca28866b740c/gettyimages-155150579.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Burglar Sneak Around a House Covered in a Blanket  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 4, 2016 4:35 PM CUT  Thief apperaring behind a table Thief apperaring behind a tableGetty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 4, 2016 4:35 PM CUT Usually robbers cover themselves up with a face mask, but recently, one tried to mask himself with a brightly-colored duvet that looks like it is from a child’s bed. On Sunday, the [Counties Manukau Police](https://www.facebook.com/Counties.Manukau.Police/videos/1171875846178173/?fref=nf "undefined") posted CCTV footage of the incident on Facebook, calling for the public’s help in identifying this man, who stole cash and jewelry from a home in Dannemora, a suburb of Auckland, on the morning of March 20th, according to Sergeant John Roberts. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4280506/burglar-duvet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4280506/burglar-duvet/"},"headline":"Watch a Burglar Sneak Around a House Covered in a Blanket","datePublished":"2016-04-04T16:35:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:19.612Z","description":"Talk about going undercover(s)","url":"https://time.com/4280506/burglar-duvet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8fafdf60e9592f4/69888d8ba988ca28866b740c/gettyimages-155150579.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8fafdf60e9592f4/69888d8ba988ca28866b740c/gettyimages-155150579.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"155150579","caption":"155150579","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4280506/burglar-duvet/","name":"Watch a Burglar Sneak Around a House Covered in a Blanket"}}]}] ```