Wayne Police Dectective Captain Paul Ireland said, "It's very possible whoever it was, was checking door knobs if different homes, trying to find one that was unlocked and then went into them."
Cat Burglar On The Prowl In N.J.
Police Warn Residents In Wayne To Be Careful
John Slattery
Reporting
(CBS) WAYNE, N.J. Police in Wayne, NJ are urging residents to make sure their homes and parked cars are securely locked, after two homes were burglarized in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
One of the homes is on Heights Road where Tanya Kellstrom lives with her husband and children. She said, "It was quite scary." But she didn't know her home and car were entered until after it was over.
Same thing a half-mile away on Nellis Drive where Omar Sayyed lives with his family. "My mom and my sister were very scared. I'm not the kind of person who gets frazzled."
Wayne Police Dectective Captain Paul Ireland said, "It's very possible whoever it was, was checking door knobs if different homes, trying to find one that was unlocked and then went into them."
At the home on Nellis Drive, one of the garage doors was open, which police say was an invitation for someone to try the inside door. It was unlocked, and Omar Sayyed said whoever it was went right for an unoccupied, first floor bedroom.
He explained, "They really quickly went for my mom 's purse and money. They took the entire purse and some jewelry out of the drawers."
At the home on Heights Road, it was a side door that opened into an office, where Tanya Kellstrom, said the loss ranged into the thousands of dollars.
"Three computers, a cell phone, a leather jacket, a list of things ... We were asleep or we were up and just didn't hear 'em," she said.
Also a number of cars in the area were entered and valuables taken.
Police dusted for prints but came up with nothing. The houses and the cars that were hit all had the doors unlocked.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Wayne detective bureau at 973-633-3530.
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"They really quickly went for my mom 's purse and money. They took the entire purse and some jewelry out of the drawers."
Cat Burglar On The Prowl In N.J.
January 04, 2007
Police in Wayne, NJ are urging residents to make sure their homes and parked cars are securely locked, after two homes were burglarized in the early morning hours of Wednesday.
One of the homes is on Heights Road where Tanya Kellstrom lives with her husband and children. She said, "It was quite scary." But she didn't know her home and car were entered until after it was over.
Same thing a half-mile away on Nellis Drive where Omar Sayyed lives with his family. "My mom and my sister were very scared. I'm not the kind of person who gets frazzled."
Wayne Police Dectective Captain Paul Ireland said, "It's very possible whoever it was, was checking door knobs if different homes, trying to find one that was unlocked and then went into them."
At the home on Nellis Drive, one of the garage doors was open, which police say was an invitation for someone to try the inside door. It was unlocked, and Omar Sayyed said whoever it was went right for an unoccupied, first floor bedroom.
He explained, "They really quickly went for my mom 's purse and money. They took the entire purse and some jewelry out of the drawers."
At the home on Heights Road, it was a side door that opened into an office, where Tanya Kellstrom, said the loss ranged into the thousands of dollars.
"Three computers, a cell phone, a leather jacket, a list of things ... We were asleep or we were up and just didn't hear 'em," she said.
Also a number of cars in the area were entered and valuables taken.
Police dusted for prints but came up with nothing. The houses and the cars that were hit all had the doors unlocked.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Wayne detective bureau at 973-633-3530.
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