Neighbor Spooks Criminals During Midday Home Burglary

Burglars got away with a wooden chest and some jewelry, but it might have been worse if it wasn’t for a watchful neighbor who spooked the criminals while in the act.

According to a Gwinnett Police incident report, officers investigated a robbery call around 10:30 a.m. Nov. 14 on Station Mill Drive in Peachtree Corners.

The woman who called police said she witnessed a silver four-door passenger car (possibly a Chevrolet) drive up and down the street, then back into the driveway of a home nearby.

Two people got out of the car and broke into the house as the woman apparently watched, according to the incident report. She told police she went outside when she saw the suspects enter the house, but when she did that a third suspect, who was in the driver’s seat of the car, saw her and started blowing the horn.

The two suspects in the house came running out with the chest and threw it in the car. The car then sped away.

Police found the front door of the home forced open, and several items thrown on the floor. The owner of the house said the wooden chest was stolen from his upstairs bedroom, but he was unsure exactly what was inside it. A jewelry drawer was also missing from the bedroom.