Jewelry Theft Awareness/Scams
Just recently, in what police believe were two separate burglary scams, elderly Florida residents were approached by theives with a story to lure them away from their homes. Detectives and police are calling these schemes “distraction thefts”, as two people work together, one as the distractor and one as the burglar.
In the first burglary, the 88 year old Deerfield Beach victim was coerced out of his home by one of the theives who told him that there was a broken water main in his backyard. The theive’s partner then went inside and stole around $2000 worth of jewelry and rosary beads.
The day after this robbery occurred, a 75 year old man was approached by a theif who said he was spraying for spiders in the man’s townhome backyard and wanted to show him the tree that was infested with spiders. Rather than falling for this trap, the man called the authorities.
Police believe that the two incidents were unrelated, but are certain that there’s a new burlary scheme happening in Florida that people need to be aware of.
You can read the news story here.
