Ellen Barkin stops attempted burglary inside her Manhattan home
Ellen Barkin
Actress Ellen Barkin interrupted a burglar who broke into  her  Greenwich Village home on Wednesday  a rep for the New York Police Department confirmed to ABC News.
According to authorities   the actress  heard a noise upstairs around 6:45 a.m.  She  saw the suspect  whom  she  described as a gloved Hispanic male in his twenties  at the balcony door.
Police said  she  grabbed at the door to close it  and the would-be thief jumped onto the fire escape and fled. A bag containing jewelry  possibly intended to be taken  was left behind.
A rep for  Barkin  did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News  but the actress  63  has been tweeting about the incident.
"The first responders were great  here in 70secs! still waiting for the detectives... it’s only been 4 hours "  she  wrote in a tweet directed at NYPD Det. James Byrne. "My heart breaks for another day that will live in infamy but crime is still going on... in my house."
.@NYPDByrne ...only because u have the full name of the father of my children...the first responders were great  here in 70secs! still waiting for the detectives... it’s only been 4 hours — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) November 1  2017
[TGT] interrupted a burglar who broke into  [TGT]  Greenwich Village home on Wednesday  a rep for the New York Police Department confirmed to ABC News.
According to authorities   the actress  heard a noise upstairs around 6:45 a.m.  She  saw the suspect  whom  she  described as a gloved Hispanic male in his twenties  at the balcony door.
Police said  she  grabbed at the door to close it  and the would-be thief jumped onto the fire escape and fled. A bag containing jewelry  possibly intended to be taken  was left behind.
A rep for  [TGT]did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News  but the actress  63  has been tweeting about the incident.
"The first responders were great  here in 70secs! still waiting for the detectives... it’s only been 4 hours "  [TGT]  wrote in a tweet directed at NYPD Det. James Byrne. "My heart breaks for another day that will live in infamy but crime is still going on... in my house."
.@NYPDByrne ...only because u have the full name of the father of my children...the first responders were great  here in 70secs! still waiting for the detectives... it’s only been 4 hours — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) November 1  2017