Nassau cops warn of band of sneaky burglars

Nassau police have issued an alert for residents to be wary of teams of itinerant con artists who approach victims at their homes and commit sneak burglaries.

County detectives have noticed a pattern of the crimes, the police alert said.

In the scams "one subject portraying a surveyor or a contractor, approaches the homeowners, at their residences," the police said.

"While engaging in distracting conversation, the subject diverts the homeowners into their rear yards providing a means for an accomplice to surreptitiously enter the home and commit a burglary."

The police advised residents to set burglar alarms and keep doors and windows locked while at home. This could help thwart the "organized transient criminals [who]... are perpetrating a series of burglaries and scams throughout Nassau County," the police said.

The burglars usually travel in cars or vans with out-of-state license plates, and they sometimes swoop in on a house immediately after they see a resident leave home.

By JOSEPH MALLIA
Posted Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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