Police Warn of String of Daytime Burglaries

police are investigating another daytime burglary in which a laptop and several pieces of jewelry were stolen from a home in the 16900 block of East Jefferson Avenue Thursday afternoon.

This burglary is similar to at least three others that have happened within the last month, including one in in which .

Anyone with information is asked to call City of Grosse Pointe police at 313-886-3200 or Grosse Pointe Farms police at 313-885-2100.

In the most recent case, officers were called to the home on East Jefferson Avenue a few minutes after 3 p.m. Thursday. One of the resident said she was gone from the home from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

She returned homed, let her dog out and then went to her bedroom on the third floor to discover her computer missing as well as several pieces of jewelry she left sitting near the computer. Additionally a wooden jewelry box with additional jewelry was missing.

Two dresser drawers were found ajar in a bedroom on the second floor but it was unclear whether anything was missing from them at the time the report was filed.

Meanwhile, City of Grosse Pointe detectives are investigating the but when they responded the house appeared to be secure.

About 15 minutes later, the alarm company called police back after a resident arrived home to find the front door ajar and a bedroom window screen on the backyard.

Four days earlier--May 4--City officers were alerted to the burglary of a home in the 10 block of Village Lane in which a cell phone blue tooth accessory, a watch and about $200 change that had been in a jar were stolen.

In that case, a neighbor and a resident who was in the basement of the home at the time of the burglary both saw a red four-door car driving away from the home--a description that is similar to the Handy Road burglary in the Farms.

The resident who was in the basement knew he was home alone and heard what he thought was someone walking around the first floor. When he went upstairs, he saw the red car leaving the driveway, according to a report.

The housekeeper left the home shortly before the burglary and left the door unlocked, according to the report.

In addition to the items stolen, a jewelry box was opened during the crime but the owner was unsure whether anything had been taken. The burglary happened between 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. May 4 and the residents reported it early May 5.

Detective Alan Gwyn is urging residents to lock their doors and to avoid having jewelry sitting out in the open. He recommended putting jewelry boxes out of sight.

There has not been any evidence in any of the burglaries of forced entry and in two cases people were home when the crime happened.

In addition to these crimes, Gwyn said a resident in the 200 block of Rivard Boulevard reported that there had been people walking through the apartment complex trying all of the doors a few weeks ago. The resident reported it about a week after it happened, Gwyn said.

All of the burglaries have been happening mid-day in brief windows of time, all of which are atypical for burglaries generally because of the higher potential of possible witnesses.