Middlesex Borough police are looking for the burglars who broke into a woman's home Tuesday while she slept and escaped with her car and jewelry.
Middlesex Borough police are asking the public to help catch burglars in home invasion. MIDDLESEX BOROUGH -- Middlesex Borough police are looking for the burglars who broke into a woman's home on Starlit Drive early Tuesday morning while she slept and escaped with her car and an undetermined amount of jewelry.
Police said the woman awakened shortly before 3:42 a.m. to find two men standing over her as she lay in bed in her second floor bedroom. She was not harmed or threatened and the men never showed weapons, police said.
The burglars got into the home by smashing a window on the rear of the home, police said.
Authorities said the men ransacked two upstairs bedrooms, removing the jewelry. One of the men ran from the home to a waiting vehicle while the second drove off in the victim's car, a 2013 Acura TL, police said.
Anyone who saw anything suspicious or has any information is asked to call Detective Thomas Carroll at (732) 356-1900, ext. 268. Information can also be provided confidentially and anonymously to the Middlesex Police Department's tip line at (732) 356-1900 ex. 847 (T-I-P). Tips to Crime Stoppers of Middlesex County can be provided to the telephone hotline at 1-800-939-9600, online at www.middlesextips.com or by texting "MIDTIP" plus the message to 274737 (CRIMES) from a mobile device.
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