Gloucester Township Police

Men Pose as Water Inspectors, Steal From Elderly Woman's South Jersey Home

Residents in South Jersey were told to be on alert after two men posing as water company inspectors robbed an elderly woman inside her home.

Gloucester Township Police posted a sketch of one of the suspects in the Aug. 10 heist along Honey Locust Court in hopes of tracking down the impostors.

The elderly victim was out front gardening when a man standing around 6-feet tall, dressed in all blue – including a baseball cap – who had a lanyard and ID around his neck said he had to check her water for dye.

The woman then led the man into the home where he checked water in her kitchen then asked her to go to another room. When she returned she found a stocky man, standing about 5-foot, 10-inches tall, standing atop her staircase, said police.

The stocky man then apologized for the other impostor – he called him “Boss – for entering the woman’s home without permission, said investigators, Then, despite having a cellphone he asked to use the woman’s home – disabled it in the process.

The men left after the woman denied them access to her basement, said police.

When the victim went upstairs she discovered her dresser drawers opened and various items missing.

Investigators asked that anyone who recognizes the impostors contact Gloucester Township Police at 856-228-4500 or call the anonymous tip line at 856-842-5560.

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