Denton city and county investigators are comparing notes to determine whether home invasion robberies in each jurisdiction might be connected.

Denton County Sgt. Roger Griggs said Monday that a robbery in Denton late Friday night has much in common with a Dec. 9 robbery in the county jurisdiction. Elderly people were the victims in both robberies.

“We’ll put our heads together,” Griggs said. “They have the same MO [modus operandi]. They wore similar clothing, and in each case, we had four Hispanic males. They wore masks and gloves in both cases, they occurred about the same time of night and they took jewelry.”

In the county crime, four men burst into a couple’s bedroom in the Argyle area. The men tied the couple up, stripped the woman’s $15,000 wedding ring set from her hand and took a large amount of cash.

About 11:30 p.m. Friday, four men with heavy Hispanic accents broke the glass on a patio door and tied up a woman in the 2200 block of Southridge Drive. They were shouting “where’s the money?” and “where’s the cocaine?” at the frightened elderly woman, who lives alone.

They left with two antique diamond rings, some other jewelry and a small amount of cash.

The woman’s wrists were bruised because one of the men held her arms tightly and bound her ankles, according to police.

Other reports

Interstate 35 — Officers responded about 4:15 a.m. Sunday to reports from motorists that a man was chasing a naked woman through interstate traffic.

They found the man walking down the highway. The man told officers that he and his girlfriend were driving to Oklahoma to gamble and began arguing, so he pulled over. His girlfriend jumped out of the car and he caught her, he said, denying that she was nude. He said she locked herself inside his car and drove away without him.

Another officer found the car with a naked woman at the wheel. The officer instructed the woman to dress and then questioned her. She said her boyfriend pulled to the side of the interstate to urinate. Afterward, he wanted to have sex, she said. But she said no, telling him they could be arrested.

He was angry and pulled a gun from under the seat and pointed it at her head, she said. He made her take off all her clothes and then told her she had five seconds to run for her life. She did.

She said she thought someone would help her. But no one stopped, and one car struck her with its side mirror, knocking her to the pavement. The boyfriend picked her up and took her back to the car. She was able to get inside and drive away, she said.

The boyfriend was arrested on outstanding warrants.

210 S. Woodrow Lane — A woman reported that she left her handbag in her car while she visited an inmate at the Denton County Jail on Saturday night. When she returned to her car about 8:45 p.m., she discovered that someone had broken a car window and had stolen her purse.

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday:

• Denton police handled 785 calls for service and officer-initiated calls, including one case of possession of drug paraphernalia, four cases of possession of a controlled substance, 11 thefts, three assaults, one report of criminal mischief, five burglaries, one case of furnishing alcohol to a minor, three reports of harassment, one aggravated assault, two vehicle burglaries, one case of public intoxication and one suicide.

• Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers handled 678 service and officer-initiated calls for the agencies they serve. A total of 106 people were booked into county jail. Deputies took reports of four assaults, one suicidal person, one burglary, two vehicle burglaries, one criminal mischief, two cases of harassment and one theft.

• Denton firefighters responded to 38 medical calls, two requests to assist an invalid, four false alarms, two hazardous-materials incidents, one vehicle fire, one request to assist police, two traffic accidents, one grassfire, one water leak, one request for public service, one person dead on the scene and one smoke investigation.

Aubrey firefighters responded to one traffic accident, two requests to unlock a vehicle, one fire and four medical calls.

Lake Cities firefighters responded to one deceased person, one vehicle fire, two traffic accidents, one gas leak, one fire, nine medical calls and two requests to assist a citizen.

Krum firefighters responded to three medical calls and one vehicle fire.

Oak Point firefighters responded to one request to unlock a vehicle, one alarm and one traffic accident.

Pilot Point firefighters responded to one request to assist a citizen, one vehicle fire, three medical calls and one gas leak.

Argyle firefighters responded to two fires, one traffic accident and two medical calls.

Double Oak firefighters responded to one alarm.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com .

Denton County Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in these or other crimes. Callers will remain anonymous. Call 1-800-388-TIPS (8477). Reach the Denton police narcotics tip line at 940-565-5801.