Thieves use unusual ploy to break into elderly couple's home - Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5

Police say thieves use a unique tactic to break into an elderly couple's home in broad daylight.

Two men broke into the couple's Atwood Drive home around 10:30 a.m. Monday morning. The woman was inside cleaning up while her husband was outside in the driveway fixing a bench when a man approached him.

"He said something like, ‘There's an infringement on your part to your neighbor's yard by a few feet,' and they checked with Google. I said you don't check with Google, you have to get the surveyors here. And so, I still wasn't suspecting anything," said the man.

The elderly man says he and the man then walked to the backyard to look at the property line. While they were in the back, two other men walked into the house, where his wife was.

"I said, ‘Who are you? What are you doing here? Where is my husband and how did you get here?' And they said they had to write something about that they had to write information because we had misappropriated land in the back," she said.

The woman says she slowly guided the men outside.  It was at that point, her husband heard yelling and noticed his wife and the men at the door.

The men left in a white minivan. It was then that the couple realized that $3,800 worth of sterling silver was gone.

The couple says they are angry, feel violated and want justice.

"I know we can't the stuff back. I'm sure they already melted it, but I want them to be punished," said the man.

Authorities are reminding the public that thieves can use all kinds of ploys to get into your home. Make sure they have the proper identification and if you have questions, call authorities.

Anyone with any information on this case is urged to call police.