Up to $20,000 in jewelry was stolen from a Talmadge Hill Road home some time during the day last Monday while the married couple that lives there was out, police say.
According to a police report, a 45-year-old man reported at 4:40 p.m. on March 31 that about $15,000 to $20,000 worth of earrings, necklaces and rings had gone missing, though he and his wife went in and out during the day.
Police arriving on scene found a rear window that had been forced open, and a home alarm system that had not been switched on, according to Sgt. Carol Ogrinc of the New Canaan Police Department.
It isn’t clear when the burglary occurred: Each spouse noticed during different stops back home during the day that he house was in disarray, but investigated no further because each assumed the other had left it that way.
The husband had left at 8 a.m. and returned home briefly around 11 a.m., and the wife had left at 8:45 a.m. and returned home herself for a half-hour from 12:30 to 1 p.m., Orginc said.
Police are investigating.