Milwaukee family's Christmas presents stolen, thieves on surveillance
Milwaukee family's Christmas presents stolen, thieves on surveillance
Days before Christmas, a Milwaukee family was left without presents after two men broke into their apartment near 27th and Roosevelt. They got away with more than $1,000 worth of gifts, but they did leave behind some important evidence.
MILWAUKEE - Days before Christmas, a Milwaukee family was left without presents after two men broke into their apartment near 27th and Roosevelt on Saturday, Dec. 17. They got away with more than $1,000 worth of gifts, but they did leave behind some important evidence.
Moments after the two men broke into the apartment, their faces were clearly captured by home surveillance cameras.
They walked right up to the tree, taking gifts from underneath it.
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During the season of giving, it's hard to imagine the kind of person who takes away. This year was going to be special for a Milwaukee mother and her two daughters.
"I was really looking forward to seeing their faces," said the victim, who did not want to be identified because of what happened at her home.
They were robbed of the joy of the season.
"All I see is two men coming inside my house, literally," the woman said. "I don’t know. My heart just dropped."
While she was at work, she got an alert from a home surveillance camera early Saturday from inside her living room.
"It’s just so shocking and so scary for two men to be in my house, like, two men that I don’t know," she said.
She said the two men got in with a crowbar while her 15- and 9-year-old daughters were asleep in the next room. She said they got away with about $1,500 worth presents.
Their faces clearly captured on surveillance.
"I had bought my kids the PS5," she said. "I had bought them the 2K23 that just came out. The Black Ops."
They were presents the girls had been looking forward to, ones that took years to save up for.
"I just want everybody to be aware and stay safe," the woman said.
Despite what happened, this mother is counting her blessings.
"The gifts, that’s just materialistic stuff," she said. "That’s stuff that I could get back again. I’m just so grateful that nothing happened to my daughters."
The woman doesn't know if this was a random burglary or if someone knew those presents were in her home.
Milwaukee police said they are investigating. If you recognize the men, police want to hear from you.