In the past week, five overnight burglaries have taken place near downtown East Lansing.
Barrett O'Farrell was watching TV in his basement late Saturday night when he heard shuffling upstairs.
"My roommate was in his room as well,” O’Farrell said. “We both assumed it was each other. You know moving around."
But it wasn't his roommate it was a couple burglars who O'Farrell says must've broken in through the back door.
"They were turning cushions over,” O’Farrell said. “Opening cabinets and whatnot."
They stole his roommate's laptop, then they found O’Farrell. He says he screamed at them and chased them away.
"It was adrenaline,” O’Farrell said. “As soon as you see some random person barging into your room, you feel like you've got to do something."
That same night the burglars went down the street and hit up this house right behind me where they didn't just steal things, they made a huge mess. They even found a giant bag of m&m's in one of the girl's rooms and scattered them all over the place.
"As I entered the house it was a complete disaster,” Emily Armbruster said. "Everything in our house scattered on the floor, you could tell people were picking through the drawers. Even the cabinets were open."
She says she's scared knowing somebody can get into her house and is making sure to lock her doors now. Rachel Lucas is doing the same thing she was also the victim of a home invasion over the weekend. This burglar entered through the window just over her bed.
"There were footprints all over my bed,” Rachel Lucas said. “And our room was basically destroyed but luckily he didn't get anything."
She and her roommates are looking to get bars put on their windows.
Lieutenant Steve Gonzalez with East Lansing Police says they have a vague description of a suspect. He asks if you have any info to call East Lansing Police.
The houses are broken into via a door or window. The items being stolen are small, portable items. Lieutenant Gonzalez says they're basically grabbing what they can get.
Most of the incidents have happened late into the night. Most houses were empty, but one was occupied.
Lieutenant Gonzalez says he thinks the warm weather is the cause. He says when it warms up, people get out more, which unfortunately also means more crime.
