Police are searching for two men who they say stole around $10,000 in jewelry while posing as employees with a water company.
Investigators say an elderly man was walking out of his driveway back on November 13 at 1:30 p.m. on Mill Road in the Meadowbrook section of Abington Township. Suddenly he was approached by a man who identified himself as a “water company employee,” according to officials.
The “employee” told the elderly man that there was flooding in the basement of another house in the neighborhood. He then claimed he had to go into the elderly man’s home to check his water pressure and make sure there wasn’t a problem.
The elderly man told police he led the “employee” into his home. The “employee” then went into all the bathrooms inside, flushed the toilet and turned on all the faucets. According to the elderly man, at one point another man dressed up as a water company worker approached him and told the first “employee” that “everything looked good” but instructed him to keep checking the water pressure. The man told police he had no idea how or when the second "employee" entered his home.
The elderly man told police that both “employees” then left his house shortly after. After they left, the man says he suddenly realized that around $10,000 worth of jewelry had been stolen from the master bedroom.
The first suspect is described as a medium-built white male between the ages of 50 and 55 with an olive complexion, standing 5-foot-7. Police say he was wearing a blue hard hat, tan pants and a tan coat.
The second suspect is described as a medium-built 45-year-old white male with an olive complexion standing 5-foot-8 and thinning hair that was combed back. Police say he was wearing blue pants and a hooded sweatshirt.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of the suspects, please call Abington Township Police.
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