A caged raccoon was among items stolen during a burglary at an apartment in the 700 block of Delmar Avenue in Festus. The break-in was reported at 9:30 a.m. Saturday (March 30), Festus Police Chief Tim Lewis reported.
“Officers responded to a call of a burglary in progress,” Lewis said. “When officers arrived, nobody was there, but the door had been tampered with. The apartment occupants – a 31-year-old male and a 25-year-old female – arrived and said the items taken were a cage with a raccoon, a cell phone and a purse.”
Lewis said the report does not state why the victims had a raccoon in their apartment.
He said there was no estimated value for the caged raccoon, but the stolen phone was valued at $900 and the purse was worth an estimated $700.
Lewis said there are suspects in the case and it is believed the suspects know the victims.
“We don’t think this was random,” he said.
Anyone with information is urged to call Festus Police at 636-937-3646.