{"id":56349,"date":"2024-02-29T10:23:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T10:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=56349"},"modified":"2024-02-29T10:23:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T10:23:36","slug":"102-year-old-man-targeted-by-burglars-pretending-to-be-maintenance-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/102-year-old-man-targeted-by-burglars-pretending-to-be-maintenance-men\/","title":{"rendered":"102-year-old man targeted by burglars pretending to be maintenance men"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An elderly man allowed two men claiming to be maintenance workers into his home &#8211; but they left empty handed after being disturbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attempted burglary happened in the Fox Hill area of Sheffield, on January 17th, with the man believing they were there to carry out repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another visitor to the house arrived and disturbed them, forcing them to leave without taking anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police have since released an e-fit of a man they would like to trace after extensive CCTV searches were carried out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man is described as white, with blonde hair, of slim build, around 5ft 7in tall, he is believed to be in his early 40s.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any information, contact the police via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southyorks.police.uk\/contact-us\/report-something\">www.southyorks.police.uk\/contact-us\/report-something<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 102-year-old man was targeted at his home by two men claiming to be maintenance workers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":617,"featured_media":56329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1196,85],"tags":[1184,57,1292,38,60],"class_list":["post-56349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-front-page-highlights","category-top-story-2","tag-burglary","tag-crime","tag-fox-hill","tag-sheffield","tag-south-yorkshire-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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