Mid-country Greenwich Home Burglarized While Resident Was Home

A midcountry Greenwich home was burglarized Wednesday afternoon while a resident was in another part of the home, unaware that the crash she heard was made by thieves smashing open a rear door of the house.

Greenwich Police say it was about noon on April 29, when a the rear door of a Pecksland Road house was smashed and the residence burglarized. A 23-year-old woman was home at the time, police said.

“The resident was preoccupied with her own activities on the second floor, and did not investigate what she described as ‘a crash off in the distance,’ police said in a statement. “The burglary was not reported until a second resident came home and found the rear door forced open and the home partially ransacked.”

Police did not elaborate what, if anything, was missing from the home.

Police said the residence is situated so that it cannot be seen from the public road nor by any of its neighboring properties.

“Investigators are operating under the theory that the suspect(s) forced their way into the residence likely believing that it was unoccupied. At some point they realized the residence was occupied fled the building. No contact was made between the burglars and the female occupant,” police said.

Anyone with any information please contact the Greenwich Police Tip Line 203-622-3333 or 1-800-372-1176 or via email at tips@greenwichct.org.

*Editor’s note: this story was updated to correct the description of the neighborhood where the burglary occurred.

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