Thanks to extraordinary measures by the Santa Ana police, a local man has been reunited with his stolen camera and the priceless photos of his young wife who passed away at age 30.

The detectives found items that were stolen by the same man who stole a computer with a tracking device. Among the pawn shop receipts was one for a camera. When Detective Jerry Verdugo looked closely at the photos, he recognized a picture of a wall and a tree that jogged a memory from the location of a home where another break-in occurred — where Dave Lacey lives and the camera was taken.

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