Crime & Safety

Woman Arrives Home to Kicked-in Door

A local woman called police earlier this month to report that someone broke into her home. Jewelry was strewn on the sidewalk.

A woman living in the 6800 block of West 179th Street in came home earlier this month to find her front door kicked in.

A piece of stray jewelry was lying on the sidewalk next to a blue jewelry box, police said. The front door was hanging open, they said. It was around midnight on July 5. 

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The woman said three LCD televisions, a computer and jewelry pieces were missing from the home. The woman's roommate—who she told police has lived with her on and off for two years because he's been "down on luck"—told her he was in Michigan at the time of the break-in. 

The roommate returned home around 11:30 a.m. the next morning, the report said, and was talking with the woman about wanting to move out, though he gave her no reason as to why. 

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"(She) asked him if he knew who did this burglary to her residence and (he) replied he had an idea, however couldn't accuse anyone without proof," the report said.

The break-in likely occurred between 8:30 a.m. July 3 and midnight July 5, police said.


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