Male-Female Ruse Burglar Combo Targeting Elderly in Local Area
Couple hit homes of elderly victims in Burbank and Bridgeview on Jan. 18.
Bridgeview Police are warning area residents to be on the lookout for a man and a woman who’ve schemed their way into the homes of elderly residents.
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At 6 p.m. Jan. 18, an elderly victim heard a knock at the front door of her home in the 7700 block of West 80th Place, in Bridgeview.
When the elderly woman opened the door she saw a white female and male standing there. The female told the elderly woman that she lives on the block and needed her help in finding kids in the area starting fires.
Bridgeview Police said the female entered the elderly woman’s home without being invited.
While standing in her kitchen, the elderly victim noticed the male accomplice at the back door where he asked for change for a $50 bill.
A next-door neighbor then checked on the elderly woman by entering through the front door.
Both subjects fled the area in a newer, dark gray SUV.
The female is described as five feet tall, about 130 pounds with long black hair.
The male is about five-feet-ten-inches tall and weighing 200 pounds.
Burbank Police reported a similar incident earlier in the day.
The elderly Bridgeview resident has been a victim or ruse burglars in the past.
Any similar type incidents or information on the offenders please contact Det. Prince of the Bridgeview Police Department at 708-924-8047.
Source: Bridgeview Police Department
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James smith
9:38 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Scum.
George Pickett
10:07 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Scum is too nice a word for those two.
Tim F
10:09 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Too bad no one got a license plate number. I wish they'd come to my house. Problem would be solved.
George Pickett
11:18 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Maybe not it they were using stolen plates!
Tim F
8:30 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Stolen or not - it's a start.
Cindy Kuziela
12:46 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
People need jobs & a conscience!
George Pickett
1:20 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Where are the jobs at Cindy? A conscience? Please...there are people walking among us who have no clue as to wahat a conscience is!
SuiteGypsywoman7
2:31 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Whoa. Gypsies? Isn't that very assumptive and stereotypical. Being a gypsy doesn't make you a thief Bianca. Bad people come in all races,creeds and sizes. so please if you have nothing intelligent to say keep your comment to yourself.
Ann Last
3:14 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Whoever they are, they lack traditional American moral values.
Rich Johnson
3:41 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
I never met scum like a gypsy, they live on scams
Rich Johnson
3:44 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
They Robb, scam a steal. That's all there culture is about. They won't work just like the easy life and personally that's why nobody likes them. Show me one gypsy that a different cause I never seen one.
MM
5:55 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
This woman has been a victim of ruses before. She or her family members need to have a couple of security cameras installed so the cops can identify them if it ever happens again. Let's hope not!
SuiteGypsywoman7
5:59 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
I could show you a lot of gypsies that work normal 9-5 jobs and are honest just like anyone else. Its not anyone's choice or fault what "race" or "group of people" they were born into. So whatever ay what you want but that's just stereo typing and makes you sound less intelligent.
RH
10:41 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
Stero typing? What is one to think when a gypsy comes right out and tells you what they are about? Search here on this site for "Tiffany Nicole Miller"
tmarc75
11:07 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
I will look on your treasures, gypsy!!!!!