NIAGARA FALLS – A 94-year-old woman told police Monday morning that she was awakend by flashing lights downstairs and when she went downstairs to investigate she found a person had been rifling through a desk in her dining room.
Police said the intruder, who escaped before the woman came downstairs, had pried open a dining room window just before 2 a.m. in the 2900 block of Michigan Avenue, and had quietly been pulling out desk drawers and scattering papers onto the floor.
About $300 worth of costume jewelry and a white and gold cameo diamond ring were stolen from a jewelry box on a table. The woman said there was about $10,000 in cash in the desk, but it was not clear whether any of it was taken.
Police said the intruder, who escaped before the woman came downstairs, had pried open a dining room window just before 2 a.m. in the 2900 block of Michigan Avenue, and had quietly been pulling out desk drawers and scattering papers onto the floor.
About $300 worth of costume jewelry and a white and gold cameo diamond ring were stolen from a jewelry box on a table. The woman said there was about $10,000 in cash in the desk, but it was not clear whether any of it was taken.