"They just said that they were here to clean the carpet," said Gene Bauer, who saw the theft.

That's how it started.

Bauer lives at Jefferson Court on the 400 block of East Knapp Street on Milwaukee's near east side.

He says a group of people were watching a 60-inch TV, when the two crooks came in, picked it up, and walked out with it.

"I think they have to be classified as kind of dumb criminals because of all the cameras we've got here," said Bauer.

Still, they got away with the TV, and Milwaukee Police are looking for them.

Until then, Gene says he'll be sticking to other activities.

"I'm going to be catching up on a bit of reading."

Earlier this month, thieves did the same thing at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Milwaukee.