Two men knocked on the back door of an elderly Darien woman’s home on Brown Street and told her she seemed to need a roof repair, so she let one of the men go upstairs in her home to check for leaks, police said.
What often results from that scenario is that victims later find something stolen from their home and the purported repairmen are never seen again — but nothing seems to have been taken this time, according to police.
The resident, who is 82 years old, first heard the front doorbell ring late last Saturday afternoon. But as she was walking over to answer it, she heard a knock on the back door, and opened it to find the two men.
After she let one of the men upstairs, as the other talked with her (an essential part of a distraction burglary), the man came back downstairs and she told them both that they’d have to return later in order to do any repairs.
The upstairs rooms were largely empty and didn’t have anything of great value in them, according to police. The woman told police she didn’t believe anything was taken.
Police received no information that the men ever returned.
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Articles on Darienite.com on distraction burglary and reported incidents:
- Prevent this Crime: Distraction Burglary (June 15, 2015)
- When Someone Claiming to be from Aquarion Water Co. Knocks on Your Door (June 15, 2015)
- Police: Man Poses as Visiting Water Co. Employee, as Accomplice Steals (June 15, 2015)
- Twice in a Week, Men Saying They’re Utility Workers Try to Get into Darien Homes (Nov. 24, 2015)