Pair steals $11K in jewelry from distracted elderly couple: state police - PennLive.com
A man representing himself as a power company employee and an accomplice stole more than $11,000 of jewelry from an elderly couple in Chester County, state police said.
The victims, a couple in their 80s, reported the theft on Sept. 28, two days after the suspects struck at a home on the 200 block of Friends Meetinghouse Road in Highland Township.
The victims told police they were approached by white man with brown hair and missing front teeth at around 3 p.m. Sept. 26. The man said he was a power company employee and distracted the couple for about 30 minutes, asking them to walk him out on to their property to show them where work would be done, state police said.
While the couple was talking with the man, a second person entered the home and stole the jewelry from the master bedroom. The suspects fled the scene in an unknown direction.
The man who spoke with the victims is between 5 feet 7 and 5 feet 9 inches tall. No description was available for the other person involved in the burglary.
