Raccoon Busted In Long Island Home Invasion
With patches of black fur encircling their eyes, raccoons are often depicted in movies and cartoons as mask-wearing bandits.
While a Nassau County police report does not indicate whether the furry wild animal actually stole anything, a raccoon did, in fact, break into a Nassau County resident’s home in an incident that originally was thought to be a possible home invasion.
At about 11:15 p.m. on April 08, 2019, two Nassau County police officers were sent to a home in Roslyn, New York on a report of a possible breaking and entering.
The Long Island homeowner told police officers that she arrived home that evening to find the kitchen window open. The wooden window stopper was on the floor, along with several other items. At that point, the homeowner called 911 for help.
Nassau County police officers cleared the residence and confirmed there was no one inside. Well — at least no one of the two-legged variety. They found a flea-infested raccoon hiding in a closet in a second-floor bedroom. “It appears as if the raccoon gained entry to the residence via the kitchen window,” a Nassau County police officer wrote in his report. “I did observe what appeared to be raccoon footprints all around the kitchen window.” The resident said nothing was missing from her home. However, she was very concerned about what wildlife diseases the raccoon could be carrying. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, raccoons are a primary rabies vector species in the United States. A dispatcher contacted raccoon trapping pest control professionals from Nassau County Animal Control Wildlife Removal Services. Long Island raccoon removal wildlife animal trappers from Nassau County Animal Removal were on the scene within minutes of the call. The Nassau County Wildlife Control experts humanely trapped and removed the raccoon from the Long Island residence.
Nassau County police officers cleared the residence and confirmed there was no one inside. Well — at least no one of the two-legged variety. They found a flea-infested raccoon hiding in a closet in a second-floor bedroom. “It appears as if the raccoon gained entry to the residence via the kitchen window,” a Nassau County police officer wrote in his report. “I did observe what appeared to be raccoon footprints all around the kitchen window.” The resident said nothing was missing from her home. However, she was very concerned about what wildlife diseases the raccoon could be carrying. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, raccoons are a primary rabies vector species in the United States. A dispatcher contacted raccoon trapping pest control professionals from Nassau County Animal Control Wildlife Removal Services. Long Island raccoon removal wildlife animal trappers from Nassau County Animal Removal were on the scene within minutes of the call. The Nassau County Wildlife Control experts humanely trapped and removed the raccoon from the Long Island residence.