Burglars Leave 175th Street Home in Disarray

A resident of the 6300 block of 175th Street in called police last week when he returned from school to find his home ransacked.

The man got home around 3:45 p.m. Thursday and noticed that the west side door, basement door and lower level windows were open. He entered the house to find dresser drawers removed, closet doors and safes opened, jewelry boxes moved and emptied, and various papers scattered on the floor.

Three guitars and several amplifiers were untouched in one of the rooms, but a laptop computer was missing. Various jewelry, Coach leather gloves, a gold krugerrand—it's a South African gold coin—and blood sugar medication were among the items reported stolen.

The last resident to leave the home said she had locked the doors, police said, noting that they believe the burglar, or burglars, got in through the unlocked basement window. The residents' two dogs and two cats—they were inside when the last resident left—were found in the back yard when the burglary was reported.

Police believe someone broke in between 9 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. The case remained under investigation Tuesday.

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