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Burglars hit two Fairfield homes Monday afternoon. Though the houses are in different sections of town, the suspects made off with the same types of items from each: jewelry and large amounts of change.
One incident occurred on Brookmere Drive between noon and 2:45 p.m. Monday. The homeowner arrived to find the door open and later noticed small pry marks on the doorframe. She told police that several thousand dollars worth of jewelry, a silver jewelry box and about $100 worth of change in a jar were missing. Her son said his $100 iPod, a $60 video camera and a $1,300 MacBook laptop were also taken.
The other burglary happened on Mill Hill Terrace between 9:45 a.m. and 5 p.m. The resident told police that all but one of his doors and windows were locked. When he arrived home, there was no sign of a forced entry. A pillowcase was missing from his bed, along a jewelry box containing several pieces of jewelry, he said. His change jar was also taken, containing an estimated $1,000 in coins.
Fairfield police were investigating both incidents. At this time, they do not have suspects in either case.
Also from the police blotter:
Police received a second round of reports of a suspicious man attempting to sell fish out of his truck in the Brooklawn area Monday. A Brooklawn Avenue resident told police that a white male in his 50s knocked on her door, asking whether she would like to buy seafood. He said he had some left over from a wedding at a country club and was trying to get rid of it. The woman declined.
Police say the witnesss description matches the one from a similar incident a few months ago, at a home on Querida Street, just around the corner from Mondays incident. Police were investigating.
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