MONROE - Three reports this week of home burglaries in rural Green County, all sharing similar characteristics, have put the sheriff's department on alert for more.
The burglaries happened during the daytime while residents were away at work, and all showed signs of forced entry - either through a window or through a door that had been kicked or shouldered open, according to Sheriff Jeff Skatrud.
The first reported burglary occurred Monday, May 21, on Apple Grove Road east of County A in the Town of Adams; the second and third on Wednesday, May 23, on Melvin Road east of Wisconsin 69 in the Town of Clarno and on Iliff Road in the Town of Monroe.
Jewelry, coins, safes and cash were reported stolen.
The sheriff's department is working with the theory that the same person or people are responsible for all three burglaries.
"They'll go to side roads or roads that don't have a lot of traffic, and knock first," Skatrud said. "They don't want confrontation; they just want to get in and out."
If someone happens to be home, the burglar will ask for directions or make up a name and ask if a person by that name lives there, he said.
The sheriff's department is requesting residents to immediately call dispatch at 328-9400 and press "0" if they see a vehicle or person acting suspiciously.
"There's 36,000 people in Green County, and three squad cars on a shift," Skatrud said, so deputies need all the help from citizens they can get.
The burglaries happened during the daytime while residents were away at work, and all showed signs of forced entry - either through a window or through a door that had been kicked or shouldered open, according to Sheriff Jeff Skatrud.
The first reported burglary occurred Monday, May 21, on Apple Grove Road east of County A in the Town of Adams; the second and third on Wednesday, May 23, on Melvin Road east of Wisconsin 69 in the Town of Clarno and on Iliff Road in the Town of Monroe.
Jewelry, coins, safes and cash were reported stolen.
The sheriff's department is working with the theory that the same person or people are responsible for all three burglaries.
"They'll go to side roads or roads that don't have a lot of traffic, and knock first," Skatrud said. "They don't want confrontation; they just want to get in and out."
If someone happens to be home, the burglar will ask for directions or make up a name and ask if a person by that name lives there, he said.
The sheriff's department is requesting residents to immediately call dispatch at 328-9400 and press "0" if they see a vehicle or person acting suspiciously.
"There's 36,000 people in Green County, and three squad cars on a shift," Skatrud said, so deputies need all the help from citizens they can get.