maria mann worked five months to get the cameras donated. her long time neighbor, 77-year-old josef kucher, was beaten and robbed inside his front street store. video from maria mann's security cameras led investigators to dennis mcbee of port jervis. investigators charged the 29-year-old with kucher's murder. as a tribute to a man she considered a second father, maria mann phoned, e-mailed, and ultimately persuaded samsung to give a $3,000 camera system to port jervis. >> to deter crime, vandalism. to keep our residents safer. >> perhaps no one appreciates mann's efforts more than the korean war veteran's family. mike kucher allowed us in to his father's 43-year-old shop where the tools of a master craftsman sit frozen in time. >> sometimes terrible things have to happen for things to improve and for changes to happen that move communities in a better drexz. -- a better direction. >> reporter: city workers installed them in an area often marred by vandals and drug activity. the cameras are not yet linked to police headquarters but that shou