Two Chicago Women Charged with Minnetonka Burglary

Police believe two women from Chicago are responsible for a home burglary in Minnetonka.

Barbara Paczkowska, 49, and Victoria Wloch, 32, have been charged in Hennepin County Court with felony second degree burglary.

At 2 p.m. on April 13, Minnetonka Police were dispatched to a home on Sussex Drive in Minnetonka on a complaint of burglary in progress. A neighbor to the home observed two women walk up to the deck and use a small tool to break the sliding glass door and get inside the house. After a few minutes, the women allegedly fled the home the same way they had gotten in.

Officers located the women a couple of houses down. Wloch had a two-way radio, gardening gloves and several crisp 100 dollar bills. Along the women's path, officers found a sock with a flathead screwdriver inside. The neighbor who had witnessed them identified Paczkowska and Wloch as the burglars.

At the residence, officers found pry marks on the edge of the door. Inside the home, officers found closet doors open and a piece of jewelry on the floor of the bedroom. The homeowners said they were missing several pieces of jewelry and at least 3 $100 bills.