Cash, Jewelry Stolen From Palos Hills Home In Ruse Burglary

PALOS HILLS, IL — Cash and jewelry were stolen from a Palos Hills couple’s home in the 7800 block of 100th Street when they were distracted by another man posing as a construction worker who lured them to the back backyard, reports said.

Around 5:30 p.m. Jan. 10, the couple, in their 70s, told police that someone rang their front door. They were greeted by a man wearing a yellow construction vest. The man told them he needed to check a water pipe leak in the back yard.

As the man lead the couple to the back yard, police said he was talking on a 2-way radio with an accomplice who was apparently inside the house. After the man left, the couple discovered that their drawers had been rummaged through. The burglars got away with $2,000 cash and approximately $4,000 worth of jewelry.

Chicago police issued a community alert this week, alerting residents of a dozen ruse burglaries that occurred over the past year in the city’s Albany Park and Jefferson Park neighborhoods.

The suspects in those incidents are described as a male Hispanic between 30 and 40 years old, 5-feet-4-inches tall, and weighing 150 to 160 pounds. The second suspect is a male white, 5-feet-8-inches tall, in his early 50s. The third suspect is a white female, 5 feet tall, 100 to 110 pounds, around 50 years old. Chicago police said the trio is driving a gray SUV.