A checkbook, cash and a camera were stolen from a single-family home in the 900 block of San Pierre Way on Sept. 21, police said.

The victim, a woman, told officers she left her house at about 8 a.m. Friday, and returned shortly before 1 p.m. to find the side door to her garage and the door leading into her home from the garage were both open, Mountain View Police Department spokesman Sgt. Sean Thompson said.

The woman believes she scared off the burglar, or burglars, by returning home, since her TV and bicycle had been moved to different rooms, Thompson said.

The woman told investigators that she may have left the side door to her garage unlocked.

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