From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
HOOVER –Hoover police are searching for a bold intruder who they believe entered five homes while the residents were there.
According to the police, there were three burglaries on Wednesday, March 14, in the Barkley Square subdivision, The suspect entered the houses with no forced entry and rummaged through the victims’ belongings without being detected.
The suspect then went into three vehicles that were either parked inside the garage or on the street in front of the homes. In each case, the suspect removed items from the victims’ purses before leaving the area.
Two additional homes were burglarized in the Inverness Green neighborhood early Saturday morning. In both of those cases the suspect entered through an unsecured door. Both victims in those cases encountered the suspect while he was still inside their homes. The homeowners described him as a white male, about 6-feet tall and wearing dark clothing.
The suspect also entered one of the victim’s vehicles prior to him entering their home.
He immediately fled on foot once the victims discovered him.