by Wesley Harris
Local law enforcement authorities are investigating two burglaries that occurred Wednesday afternoon in neighborhoods rarely touched by crime.
The Ruston Police Department is investigating a burglary at a residence in the Trenton Place subdivision off U.S. 167.
Police said cash, passports, and handbags were among the items taken from the home.
Lieutenant Matt Henderson of the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office said investigators are working on an attempted burglary that occurred in the Belle Pointe subdivision off Douglas Road Wednesday afternoon.
Henderson said at about 3:30 p.m., a woman heard a noise outside her residence and then saw two suspects wearing hoodies trying to force their way into the home. They fled when they realized someone was in the house.
Neither agency would speculate if the two afternoon burglaries in low-crime neighborhoods were related.
