A man who claimed to be checking the Sky reception at a Waikato property last week may have been scoping it out as a potential burglary target, police say.
The man, who was wearing a Sky Television shirt, pulled up at the property on Te Wiata Lane, Ngaruawahia, about 11.40am
on Wednesday.
"The lady at the address answered the door to find a man with an English accent aged about 50 years old who had thinning ginger hair claiming he was there to check her Sky reception," said Senior Sergeant Gill Meadows.
"But when the woman said she was unwell and it wasn't convenient he told her he had to do it now as he had other places to go to and barged right in, grabbed the woman's TV remote and turned the telly on."
The man then walked outside and began photographing the Sky dish on the roof before going back to his van, where he sat for several minutes before driving off.
