FISHERS -
Fishers Police have arrested two men in connection with a home break-in attempt Tuesday.
John Mayfield Jr., 28, of Seymour, and Derrick Maryfield, 23, of Indianapolis, were arrested on preliminary burglary and attempted burglary charges.
Police say the two men are cousins, and they also say the men could be connected to a string of daytime home burglaries in three counties.
A witness in an east side Fishers neighborhood near 141st Street and Howe Road spotted a man kicking in a front door at around 1:00 pm and called police.
"Of all the houses, I drive down the street and wonder, 'Why did they pick my house?'," said burglary victim David Posey as he worked to fix his front door.
A young neighbor alerted her father of the crime.
"I heard the car door," the girl said.
"He looked out the car window and saw a car in the driveway and just saw someone walk up to the front door," said a neighbor. "Trying to get in the front door."
But the man couldn't get in. He tried another door, then took off. But neighbors called police, described the car and, in minutes, police had the two men under arrest.
"We received a notification from an alert resident of some suspicious activity occurring in the Plantana subdivision," said Officer Tom Weger, Fishers Police.
A few minutes after the first call, police received a second one from another resident in the same neighborhood, describing the same vehicle.
Officers were already in the area as part of increased patrols following other break-ins. In the last two months, the burglaries have kept police in Hamilton, Johnson and Marion Counties busy, and they have led to the stepped-up patrols in Fishers.
Neighbors say they're keeping a closer eye on each other following the string of crimes.
"We just keep track of everybody," said a neighbor. "And make sure nobody is doing anything that they shouldn't be."
Right now, police from three counties are at Fishers Police Department headquarters seeing if the two cousins are tied to their open cases. Eyewitness News saw detectives from Indianapolis and Johnson County in Fishers Tuesday to get info on the suspects, to see if they are linked to unsolved cases in their counties.
Meanwhile, Fishers police are applauding the effort of the alert neighbors.
"We're very grateful for the residents that observed the suspicious activity," said Weger.
But don't let your guard down, Weger said, especially during summer vacation season.
"Stop the paper, stop your mail. Make neighbors aware you're going to be gone," Weger said.
"Fortunately, we have good neighbors," said Posey.
The suspects' car.
Homeowner David Posey had to fix his front door Tuesday.
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