Stratford police are looking for two male suspects in a residential burglary from June.
On Friday, June 19, Stratford police responded to 1126 Stratford Ave., Apt. A-1, to investigate a reported burglary.
When they arrived, a man living there told police that he went out with his wife between 8:30 p.m. the night before and 1:30 a.m. that morning, police said. The man noticed empty grocery bags on the kitchen floor when they got back and the mattress was at an angle, according to police. Then he realized $8,000 cash that had been tied in a rubber band and a Michael Kors gold watch were missing from his dresser drawers, police said. It was a $300 women's watch that was gold with a black background, according to his wife. She didn't know the serial number of the watch.
Surveillance cameras at the home showed the couple leaving their home at 8:07 p.m. the night before they noticed their house had been burglarized. Then at 8:32 p.m., a camera on the west side of the home shows a man with a ponytail in a white T-shirt, dark pants or jeans, white sneakers, a dark baseball hat and gloves on the property. Police described him as a man in his mid 30s, 5-foot-7 to 6 feet tall and 180 to 200 pounds. The camera shows the man walking with a small "A-frame" ladder and cable spool and then captures him trying to open the residents' bedroom window, police said.
The video then shows the man put a cell phone to his ear and use it before moving out of the camera's view and to the south, police said. His shadow was visible on the camera footage when he stopped at the next window, which goes to the living room.
The man got in through the living room window, police said.
The camera then shows a second man at 8:43 p.m. walking on the west side of the building with a ladder and breaking into the building through the back door at about 8:47 p.m., pulling his hooded sweatshirt sleeve over his hand as he turned the door knob to open the door, police said.
