Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a suspect in a series of break-ins in Jamaica Plain, officials said.
The man, described by police as in his late teens or early 20s, with a slim build and short hair, allegedly broke into a woman’s apartment on Sunday morning, stealing a laptop, Kindle, and purse, police said.
A man with a similar description was reported breaking into another apartment on the same block on Wednesday, although he fled through the bedroom window without taking anything, officials said.
A person at the Heath Street apartment said an unknown man had climbed through his bedroom window while he was sleeping.
He told police that the man attempted to remove his blanket but then left back through the window.
During their investigation, detectives learned of a similar break-in on Sunday around 3:50 a.m., police said.
In that incident, a woman told police a man had broken into her apartment while she was sleeping. She told police that the man shined a flashlight into her room, placed her pet in the bedroom, and closed the door.
He later fled the apartment by the fire escape after she left her room and found him standing in her bathroom, police said.
The incidents are under investigation.
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