La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Police say it appears a man tried breaking into several residential properties in Union Mills over the weekend.

According to police, a man let his dog out Saturday night.

After the dog started barking, police said the pet owner spotted a man trying to enter his neighbor’s garage.  The man fled and deputies responding to the dog owner’s 911 call were not able to locate the suspect.

The next morning, the man discovered the suspect also tried entering his home Saturday during a review of his home security camera footage.

A few other people seeing a post about the suspect on social media revealed similar experiences with the man described as white, in his mid-20’s and under six feet tall wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.