Crime & Safety
Elmhurst Man's House Ransacked While He Was Down in the Basement
The prowlers struck while the Elmhurst man was in the basement and his wife was out.
An Elmhurst man emerged from his basement to find prowlers had broken into his home, ransacked his bedroom and absconded with his wife's jewelry.
The housebreakers struck between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Thursday.
A resident of the South Kenilworth Avenue home told the cops "he was in the basement and his wife was out (when the crooks) forced their way through the side door and ransacked the master bedroom, taking all of (his wife's) jewelry," police said.
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