Scar-Faced Ruse Burglar and Accomplice Moving Through North Side

Chicago Police are warning of a crime pattern involving six ruse burglaries targeting elderly victims on the North Side last month.

Area North Detectives say the suspected offenders are working as a pair. One will approach and elderly victim’s resident and uses a ruse -- construction work, damage to their garage, an electrical problem -- to distract the victim.

Victims will be tricked into exiting their residence, or taken into another part of the house, such as the basement, while the other offender enters the home to steal property. In one case, the offender identified himself as a City of Chicago employee.

Six incidents were reported in March, including:

• 2600 Block of N Merrimac on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 1:30 p.m.

• 5400 Block of W Agatite on Thursday, March 27, 2014, between approx. 10 a.m-noon

• 5300 Block of W Winnemac on Thursday, March 27, 2014, at approximately 11 a.m.

• 6200 Block of N Drake on Saturday, March 29, 2014, at 2:05 p.m.

• 3000 Block of N Sayre on Sunday, March 30, 2014, at 2:30 p.m.

• 3000 Block of N Marmora on Monday, March 31, 2014, at 3:05 p.m.

The suspects have been described as:

• Male whites, 25-40 years old

• Five-foot-7 to 6 feet, 165-220 lbs

Two men are facing multiple felony counts after they were arrested in a string of South Side ruse burglaries on March 21.

Anyone with information regarding these or other incidents, or if you suspect family member being a victim, contact Area North Detectives at 312-744-8263.

Reference reports HX190869, HX201132, HX201257, HX203364, HX204465, HX206205

Pattern: P14-N-045(a)