<p>Investigators are searching for suspects after someone ransacked a local business owner’s Center Grove-area home, stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and cash.</p>
<p>Someone broke into the house in the 3000 block of Aldywch Court on Nov. 23, according to a report from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.</p>
<p>The Greenwood couple left their home about 3:30 p.m. and returned home about 9:30 p.m. and found that the glass in their backdoor had been shattered, security cameras destroyed, two bedrooms ransacked and power cut, the report said.</p>
<p>Sheriff’s deputies discovered that six different power cords had been cut, according to the report.</p>[sc:text-divider text-divider-title="Story continues below gallery" ]
<p>The couple called their children, who came to the house and served as translators for investigators, as there was a language barrier between the couple who owns the home and the deputies, the report said.</p>
<p>The burglars stole several pieces of jewelry valued at more than $74,000, and $10,000 to $20,000 cash, according to the report.</p>
<p>The couple, which owns a Greenwood Japanese restaurant, told investigators they recently had a dispute with an employee, but they did not suspect that person of the crime. That employee was just the only person they have ever had a problem with, the couple told investigators.</p>
<p>Investigators spoke with neighbors on Sunday and collected security camera footage from some of those residences, Sheriff Duane Burgess said in a news release.</p>
<p>At one point, one of the videos collected shows three people running to a gray BMW, or what appears to be a BMW, and leaving the area. Prior to the burglary, video shows a black four-door sedan in the area taking photos of the victims house, Burgess said.</p>
<p>If you have any information or if you can identify either of the vehicles, you are asked to call the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Maj. Damian Katt, at 317-346-4604 or email him at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. If you wish to remain anonymous you can call the tip line at 317-346-4654. Please refer all information to case number J019016066 regarding this burglary.</p>
<p>If you observe suspicious activity in the neighborhood, call 911 immediately, the news release said.</p>
