Crime & Safety

Alarm Scares Burglars into Abandoning Bikes

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Burglars abandoned two bicycles on Sunday in a backyard.

At about 2:50 a.m., at least two people on bicycles came into a resident's property and unlocked the door to the basement stairs, according to a police report.

However, before they got into the building, located in the 3500 block of Barton Oaks Road, an alarm sounded, and the scared burglars ran, it states.

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Police searched the area but could not find the burglars.


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