Burglars target seniors in Aurora
Aurora police are investigating two residential burglaries and one attempted burglary.
In all cases the victims have been seniors, and police believe the burglaries were committed by the same men.
The thieves are described as a white man in his 50s and a white man in his 30s.
In all three incidents, police believe the victims were approached by the first man, who distracted them while the second man entered their homes and stole items.
The first incident occurred Tuesday at the home of an 81-year-old woman on Northpark Avenue. She told police that between noon and 3 p.m., two men knocked on her door and told her they performed work on her driveway but overcharged her and wanted to give her some money back.
Police said the woman became suspicious and told the men she would have to call her daughter. She then noticed one of the men walking toward her bedroom. The woman's son showed up, and the two men quickly left, saying they would be back later but they never returned. There were no items missing from the home.
About 3 p.m. the same day, an 80-year-old woman on Austin Avenue told police about a black pickup truck with two men parked in front of her home. One of the men got out, approached the woman and said her house was in need of various repairs. The man said he needed to see the condition of the floor in her garage and asked her to pull her vehicle out so he could get a better look. The woman saw the second man exit the truck. She then went back into her home to retrieve her car keys, and when she came back out, the men told her they would return later in the day to make the repairs. A leaf blower worth $180 was missing from her garage. police said,
About 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, an 86-year-old woman on North View Street was approached by a man who told her she needed some garage shingles replaced. She noticed another man sitting in a black van parked in her driveway. The first man then walked her back to the garage and showed her the damaged shingles. After the woman agreed they needed to be replaced, the man said he would be back later in the day. About an hour later, the woman noticed a bedroom had been rummaged through and about $5,000 in jewelry was missing.