Police seeking robbery suspect

HOWELL - A 72-year-old township woman's jewelry box was taken after she allowed an unknown man access to her home on Squankum-Yellowbrook Road.

According to police, on Oct. 12 at about 3 p.m., a man came to the woman's home and identified himself as an employee of Howell. Police said he told the woman that he needed to inspect her property for authorized tree removal.

The victim told police the man asked her if her husband or son were home and proceeded to the backyard to view the trees.

Feeling "peculiar," as authorities termed the victim, she returned to the front of the home with the man outside. Police said she did not observe any accomplices.

After the man left the victim's home and entered his vehicle, she noticed an aqua-colored jewelry box was missing from her bedroom. The box contained several pieces of jewelry, police said.

The suspect is described as being about 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds, wearing a grey sweatshirt and a township baseball hat. He left the scene in a dark-colored Chevrolet car and drove toward Interstate 195.

Detective Thomas Rizzo asked anyone with information regarding this suspect to contact the Howell Police Department Detective Division at (732) 938-4575.