Car Burglar Caught After Foot Chase
Riverside - This past Friday, in the early morning hours,
officers with the Riverside Township Police assisted Delran Township Police
with a call for two suspects attempting to enter parked vehicles. Several
callers reported these suspects to be wearing all black, walking in the area of
Pancoast Blvd and Smith St, lifting car door handles. While en route,
officers received information that a caller located the suspects inside of his
vehicle, and they ran from him into a wooded area near Pancoast Blvd.
Riverside Patrol Officers deployed a drone to
that area and set up a perimeter along Henry Street and Whittaker St. A
Riverside officer located one of the suspects attempting to exit the wooded
area along Whittaker St and Fairview St. A foot chase ensued through the
woods. The suspect was located attempting to exit the yard of a residence
along Henry St where he was taken into custody by two Riverside officers.
The suspect was identified as a 17 year old male juvenile from Trenton,
NJ. His name is being withheld due to his age. The juvenile suspect
was found to have proceeds from the thefts in his possession.
He was charged with:
Resisting Arrest by
Flight (3rd)
Obstructing the
Administration of Law (4th)
Defiant Trespassing
(PDP)
Receiving Stolen
Property (DP)
The juvenile was
released to a family member pending a court hearing at Burlington County
Juvenile Court.
Please remember to keep your vehicle
and your residence secured at all times. If you observe suspicious
activity, report it right away. Try to provide our
dispatchers with essential information such as clothing descriptions and
direction of travel. If you can safely observe, stay on the phone
with the dispatcher or leave a call back number. You can also ask
to remain anonymous. Anonymous calls are better than not calling, but at
times we need more information when we arrive and are unable to get it when the
caller was anonymous. The information you provide is often the difference
in making an arrest or having to let a criminal go because we cannot
positively identify them.
If you believe you are witnessing criminal activity requiring
immediate police response dial 911 immediately.
