Mesa police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man officers say forced his way into a home on Wednesday before using a crowbar to break into a woman’s bedroom.
Police first responded to a disturbance call about 10 p.m. at a residence in the 2300 block of East Diamond where the woman told police a man had knocked on her door and told her he was looking for his puppy. After leaving the property, the man again returned and continuously rang the door bell before the woman inside the home called police. After the man forced his way into her home, the woman locked herself inside her bedroom moments before he broke through the door with a crowbar, according to police.
When the man got inside the bedroom, he grabbed the woman’s jewelry box before she ran out of the room and the man ran out of the house.
A neighbor saw the woman run out of her house screaming and the man exiting the house carrying property.
About the same time that evening, another woman called police to report that a man had knocked on her door looking for a puppy but had left.
A search with unmarked police cars and a K-9 unit was unsuccessful.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in his late 30s, was wearing a black shirt and shorts. He was last seen running in the area of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints near East Diamond and 24th Street.
Juggernaut50000 posted at 1:14 pm on Thu, Jun 9, 2011.
I wish he would break into my house so I could blast him with my 12 gauge.
johnnysor posted at 1:22 pm on Thu, Jun 9, 2011.
I want to make sure I inform all my good neighbors that my car was stolen in the middle of the night. It was taken and abused the next day and was recovered from a crash. The young adults live in a bad section of town. I will give the locations to let everyone know who to watch out for. They are young latino men who canvas the neighborhoods in white shirts. They break in at night. EVERYONE needs to be on the look out for suspicious activity and call the police! The area where they live is Guthery and pepper. They rammed my car into a home. It's just west of Gilbert road on main street. It's close in proximity to the diamond tree heist and I live a few blocks away. I want everyone to know the bad pockets of trouble and get ready to defend your property!!