Recent home intrusions prompt reminders to lock doors and windows
Posted Jul 20, 2011 05:38:57 AM.
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Police are investigating two separate break and enters in metro in which the suspects gained entry through unlocked doors.
“We’re reminding residents of the importance of keeping their doors and windows secure, despite the heat and weather that we’re having,” said Sgt. Mark Hobeck.
Crews were called to the 3600 block of Windsor Street for a break and enter in progress around 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Police report there were two people playing a video game in the ground-floor apartment when a man entered through an open patio door.
“He was carrying a firearm,” Stg. Hoebeck told News 95.7, Wednesday morning. “But as he was coming through the door, he got tangled up in the patio door and the occupants of the apartment were able to get the gun away from him.”
The suspect called to another suspect outside the apartment and then the two fled on foot.
The first suspect is described as a light skinned, black man, between 18 and 25 years old, six-feet tall with a thin build, wearing mostly black clothes and a light grey hooded sweat-shirt with elastic cuffs on the wrists. He is described as having a deep voice and had the hood over his head with the draw-string pulled tight.
The second suspect is described as a white man, six-feet tall, wearing a black sweater, dark sneakers, and dark pants.
Police are also just reporting a break and enter which happened in the 1100-block of Queen Street, July 15.
A woman reportedly awoke to find a man standing in her bedroom.
It’s believed he too entered through an unlocked door, and he fled without incident when the woman woke.
He is described as white, 5-feet 6-inches tall, approximately 40 years old, with a chubby build and a wearing light-colored baseball cap.
Police said there is information he may travel around the area on a bicycle.
“Based on her description, about 40 years old with a chubby build, it’s not believed at this time that this is linked to any other break and enters in that area,” said Hobeck, when asked if this man might be the person referred to as the “Sleepwatcher.”
There have been several cases in the south end in the last few years of a man entering women’s homes at night to watch them sleep.
