Neighbor checking on suspicious men may have thwarted burglary

COEUR d'ALENE - A resident who checked on two men pounding on his neighbor's door may have prevented a burglary.

According to a Coeur d'Alene police report, a homeowner on the 300 block of North 12th Street said she returned from work about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and found an air conditioning unit had been removed from the window and was inside the home. She called police.

A neighbor told police he heard someone "pounding" on the side door of the residence earlier that day. Then he heard more "pounding on the door on the north side of the residence."

He said he looked out his window and saw two men, so he walked outside. One of the men approached and said he was looking for their lost dog, and that he lived in a nearby apartment.

The neighbor said he watched the men walk away separately, then meet up a block later.