Crime & Safety
Burglars Ransack Home, Leave With Costume Jewelry
Police are investigating a home break-in that occurred over the weekend.
Someone broke a patio fence to gain access over the weekend to a home in the 8900 block of West Chestnut Trail in .
A resident said a thief, or thieves, first busted a lattice fence and then opened a lower-level family room window to break into the residence, according to the report. believe burglars left through the front door—it was open and unlocked when the victim got home.
Offenders opened kitchen cabinets and closet doors, dug through dresser drawers, flipped mattresses and rifled through medicine cabinets, according to the report. The only thing the resident found missing was a silver necklace with a crystal moon charm as well as some costume jewelry.
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Neighbors didn't see anything unusual between 10 p.m. Oct. 29 and 8:25 a.m. Oct. 30, which is the time frame the victim said the break-in occurred.
The case remained under investigation Monday.
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