Police: Woman scuffled with nighttime intruder

A Cedar Street resident encountered and scuffled with a man burglarizing her home as she returned to it early Saturday morning, Burlington Police said.

Police are searching for the suspect, who they describe as a dark-skinned man in his late teens to early 20s with a slight foreign accent, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, and 130 to 150 pounds. The man was wearing a black sweatshirt with white lettering on the shoulders and chest, black sweatpants, black sneakers and a black baseball hat under the hood. of his sweatshirt.

The female victim, 20, whose name was withheld by police, noticed the suspect emerge from a partially opened window next to the front door of her house as she returned to 81 Cedar Street at 4:50 a.m., police said. A black duffle bag with unknown contents was also on the base of the front steps, police said.

A scuffle between the woman and the suspect ensued, and the suspect pushed the victim onto the grass and fled on foot with the bag. He headed north on Elmwood Avenue from Cedar Street, police said.

The woman was uninjured, police said.

The suspect was last seen traveling west through a hedge of bushes on the south side of 229 Elmwood Avenue, police said.

Police urge those with information about the incident to call Burlington Officer David Bowers at 540-2344.