Crime & Safety

Alarm Scares Off Burglar, Police Say

An iPhone is also stolen from a coat pocket.

Theft: On March 17, at approximately 2 p.m., police received a report of a theft in the 7100 block of Germantown Ave.  According to police, a woman placed her iPhone in her coat pocket and then placed the coat on a rack while she worked out at a gym.  When she came back for the jacket, the phone was missing from the coat.

Burglary: On March 17, at approximately 5:40 a.m., police responded to a burglary alarm in the 6900 block of Anderson Street.  According to police, the homeowner told officers that he saw the burglar inside his home after the alarm went off.  Police say that the homeowner told officers that the burglar then fled the scene in a light colored SUV out of the rear driveway of the home.  Police say nothing was taken, and that entry was gained with a crowbar taken to the basement door.


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