KENNESAW, Ga.-
Police are searching for a burglar who enters homes in a very unique manner, burrowing through the walls of a house. The method avoids setting off alarm systems, which typically are attached to windows or doors.
Someone burglarized a home Jan. 8 in a subdivision of Kennesaw after entering the house through a rear wall.
“That’s the first type of entry that I’ve seen of that method in this area,” Kennesaw Police Detective Rick Shumpert said in a message to a homeowners association. “It’s typically a break in a window or door.”
Police believe the burglar peels back siding and burrows through the sheetrock with a tool such as a screwdriver. About a dozen similar burglaries have happened in unincorporated Cobb County and in nearby Acworth, Ga., police said.
“We’re kind of leaning toward someone who has some knowledge of home or residential construction just because of where the entry points are made,” police spokesman Officer Scott Luther said. “He had to have used some type of tool that would be small enough to fit in his pocket or coat that would be able to peel the siding off and chip through the insulation board and sheetrock.”
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Information from: Marietta Daily Journal,
