FARMINGTON – Police are on the lookout for a man believed to have entered a tool shed attached to a garage and house at 113 Perham St. between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday.

The suspect is described by the homeowner as a man of medium build and medium height who wore a dark-colored hat with tassels, police officer Mary Pratt said. The witness described the thief’s vehicle as an older-style, two-door car that was either white or light colored with a square trunk and a large antenna on the back, she said.

Several items were taken including a green, metal toolbox with tools; eight 1-gallon jugs of orange, Rainex windshield washer fluid; a large, gray AC Delco floor jack; a black CB antenna and a red, 5-gallon plastic gas tank, Pratt said.

The wife heard a metal on metal clinking noise about 10 p.m. Saturday and looked out and saw a man by a large snowbank, which wasn’t unusual, Pratt said, because three residences share the driveway.

The man then got into a car and drove out of the driveway with the car’s lights off, which the woman thought was a bit odd, Pratt said.

The husband got up Sunday morning and went out to the garage and noticed that the sliding door to the tool shed was open, she said, and he knew that he had previously closed it.

He also noticed the items missing.

When she arrived after the burglary was reported about 7:45 a.m. Sunday, Pratt noticed that a light bulb in the motion detector was unscrewed and a rodent deterrent sensor that puts out a high pitch noise if it detects motion was unplugged, she said.

The couple had gone out to dinner at 7 p.m. Saturday and the light was on and then the wife saw the man by the snowbank about 10, which leads police to believe the burglary happened between that period.

Pratt said she noticed imprints in the snow behind the bank where the items taken had been put down before they were loaded into the vehicle.

“This person made more than one trip,” she said. “I suspect it’s somebody who works in the mechanic field or has a junk vehicle they want to fix up. … We have some positive leads.”

Anyone who may have information to help police can contact them at 778-6311.