Police say that a man broke into a woman’s home on Fox Harbour Drive as she slept.
They say he got in through her back patio door. The woman said that when she woke up the next morning, she realized she’d been burglarized and her wallet was gone.
“The same night, he went over to the Wal-mart here on Nicholasville Road and the Meijer on Reynolds Road and he proceeded to use and burn up her credit cards almost right away, within the hour,” said Detective Mark Thomas with the Lexington Police Department. “He was buying gift cards. He bought a Playstation 4 System.”
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The stores caught surveillance footage of the man. There was a woman in the stores with him.
“We’re hoping that someone’s either going to recognize his face, or they’re going to recognize the two of them together,” said Detective Thomas.
He said that an overnight burglary is unusual.
“Most of the time these burglaries happen during the daytime when people are gone to work,” said Detective Thomas. “This was a guy that was obviously our prowling at night, found an opportunity, and then still broke into the house, risking being caught, while somebody was inside asleep.”
Police are not sure if the woman was targeted or if it was random.
Police say he could strike again.
If you have any information on what happened, your tip could get you a cash reward from Bluegrass Crime Stoppers. You can call in your tip at (859) 253-2020, or you can text your information to ‘CRIMES’. Just put “LEX P-D’ in the text message, along with your tip.
