At 4:37 Sunday afternoon an alarm triggered a report of a burglary in progress - at a burglar and security alarm business.
“They didn’t get anything,” said Don Murray, owner of A World of Security in West Point. “They broke a window on a sun porch and reached in and opened the door. The alarm went off and ran them off.”
The attempted entry took place in a house next to the office but owned by the business.
“It’s a completely furnished house that we call ‘The Cottage.’ We have rented it and we’ve used it as a guest house,” said Murray, who opened the business just off U.S. 29 in 1972.
“Criminals are getting desperate. This was broad daylight,” he said. “The system was connected to the police station, and they responded. We have the system connected to a cell line, so they can’t even cut the phone line to keep the call from going through.
“They broke the window, but they didn’t take anything, so the alarm system worked.”
Identity thefts reported
Two LaGrange men made separate reports to La-Grange police after receiving letters from the IRS stating they owe money.
A Tuggle Street resident told police that an IRS letter said he owes $4,600 from three businesses for which he never worked, two of which are out of state.
A Mona Lane resident reported that the IRS told him he owes $12,047 for back taxes from 2008. Some of the wages in queston are from businesses out of state. The man said the IRS told him to file an identity-theft report with police to begin resolving the matter.
Thefts, burglaries
— A Douglas Street resident said a thief stole $1,200 from her daughter’s car while it was parked at her house. The daughter recently had received a settlement check from a car accident and left the money in her car.
— A man taking out his trash after arriving home to his Russell Street house came upon two men hiding behind the back door after breaking into his house, LaGrange police said. The men ran toward New Franklin Road when the victim yelled for his wife to call police.
A $50 gold bracelet was missing from the house. Police told the couple their house probably was in the process of being burglarized when the they arrived home.
— A King Arthur Drive resident said her Honda Accord was broken into while she was inside Scents Unlimited at 704 Hamilton Road. The thieves stole her purse, which had $100, a cell phone and other miscellaneous cards and identification.
n It is the policy of LaGrange Daily News to print the names of people charged with felonies.
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