‘Multiple People’ Captured On Video Exiting Car, Breaking Into House

PALOS HEIGHTS, IL — Palos Heights police are asking residents in the College Highlands subdivision to check their home surveillance cameras relating to a burglary that happened Jan. 15.

Around 5:10 p.m., a dark-colored sedan was captured on a resident’s home security, traveling northbound on Moody Avenue. The vehicle turned onto Melvina Avenue from 124th Street, before pulling into the driveway of a home in the 12400 block of South Melvina Avenue around 5:15 p.m.

Several people got out of the car. Police said the group pried open the front door and entered the home. Ten minutes later, they emerged from the house and got back into the car, which was last seen traveling south on Melvina.

Anyone who sees a suspicious person or unfamiliar car in their neighborhood on their home security system, is asked to forward footage to Det. Todd Hutchinson, of the Palos Heights Police Department, at thutchinson@palosheightspd.org.