Crime & Safety
Turns Out These Guys Weren't Burglars, They Were Just Cleaning
A neighbor calls the cops on what he thinks are two burglars, but it turns out the two men weren't up to any mischief.
Two men thought to be burglars were ordered out of a house at gunpoint Tuesday evening.
But they had been hired to clean the vacant house in the 5000 block of Leawood Lane.
According to a report by the , someone called 911 about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday saying a man broke into the house through a front window and was letting in another man through the front door. The caller told the police the house had been vacant for quite a while. With guns drawn, police surrounded the house and ordered the two men outside. The men told the police they were hired to clean the house. The code didn’t work on the lockbox that had the house key in it and their boss told the two men to break into the house.
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The supervisor faxed the work order to the police department and officers told them to contact the police department before breaking into a residence.
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