Arlington Heights police received a report of a gypsy scam burglary in the 400 block of North Brighton Place. Police received a report that an unknown suspect came to the victim’s door wanting to discuss tree trimming in her backyard. The suspect talked to her for about fifteen minutes while waiting for his partner to arrive. The suspect called his partner on the cell phone and asked if he was close. When the partner failed to show up the suspect left in a nondescript white van. While talking in the garage the front door was left open. Two dogs inside had been barking but they were in a secured room. The victim later discovered a pillow case had been taken from the master bedroom but thought it may have been done by the dogs. Two days later she discovered six plastic boxes containing numerous jewelry items were taken from the dresser. The approximate total value is $3,000.
The crime is reported to have occurred on Friday, January 27th, 2012 between 4:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
The suspect was described as a male/white 5’07” 150 LBS, about 20-30-years-old. He was also described as having a fair complexion.
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