Week Beginning:

Sunday, August 22, 2010

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*** ROBBERY - ASSAULT ***

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The Reading Police Department is looking for a suspect involved in a robbery/assault incident that occurred on August 7, 2010 at about 5 minutes after midnight.  The victim was found unconscious on sidewalk.  The victim suffered serious head injury which required rehab. There is no description of actor.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Offense:

*** SHOOTING ***

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July 14, 2010 10:55 PM

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The Central Berks Police are currently investigating a shooting that occurred on July 14, 2010 in the 300 block of North 25^th St.  At approximately 10:55 P.M., a white male or possibly a light skinned Hispanic exited a sliver vehicle on Endlich Ave.  The subject walked up to a residence on N. 25^th and fired several shots striking a male that was sitting in front of a home in the area.  The subject fled on foot to the awaiting silver vehicle.  The vehicle then left the area heading toward Perkiomen Ave.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Offense:

*** BURGLARY ***

Suspect:

White Male, 6’ tall, 190 lb, wore black rimmed glasses and had a dark colored goatee

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July 30, 2010 5:20 AM

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Boyertown Police is requesting assistance in identifying the pictured white male suspect.  He is approximately 6’ tall, 190 lb, wore black rimmed glasses and had a dark colored goatee.  The suspect was seen in the video using a spring loaded center punch to break the glass in the front door of Boyertown Beverage where he removed one 30 pack of Miller Lite beer.  The suspect also removed the GPU electric meter from the adjacent building, possibly thinking this may disable service to the beer store ALSO taking the meter from the scene as well. 

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Offense:

*** ATTEMPTED BURGLARY ***

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July 7, 2010, 5:40 AM

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Reading Police is investigating an attempted burglary of a residence in the 1500 Block of Alsace Road.  The victims were awaked by suspects attempting to force entry through rear door and window of home.  The suspects were described as 3 young, 15-19 year old Hispanic or White males,  all wearing blue jeans.  The suspects left behind a stolen car they had driven to the burglary.  The car was a 1996 maroon Nissan Altima which had been stolen from the area of 200 Carpenter St in Reading.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Offense:

*** THEFT ***

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July 5, 2010

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Bicycle #1: Specialized DEMO 9 2004 Down Hill Men’s Mountain style Bike: ser#PA2873.  The bike is Silver with Red anodized parts: Value $5000.00

Bicycle#2: KHS 1500 Extreme Downhill Mountain Bike, silver with black anodized parts.  Unk. Serial # at this time. Value $5000.00

Synopsis:

The Muhlenberg Police Department took a report of two stolen High End Mountain/Down Hill Bicycles on July 5, 2010.  The bikes were taken from Walmart by a Black Male and White Male.  They were able to disengage a Bell Bicycle Lock and take the two bicycles.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, July 17, 2010

Offense:

*** HIT & RUN CRASH ***

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June 30, 2010 at between 6:30 PM -9:40 PM

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The Shillington Police Department is investigating a Hit and Run crash that took place on June 30^th 2010 between 1830 & 2140 hrs on the parking lot of the Governor Mifflin Middle School, rear 130 E. Lancaster Ave.  This was during the Community Days Carnival.  There was white transfer paint that was on the victim’s vehicle.  There was heavy damage to the front of the victim’s vehicle.  Damage was over $6,000.00.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Offense:

*** BURGLARY ***

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June 30, 2010 at between 10:30AM - 2:00PM

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Resident came home and found a male in her apartment that did not belong.  When she questioned the man, he then fled the apartment in an unknown direction.  Description of male was w/m with scruffy beard and straggly hair (dirty blonde).  Approximately 5'10", wearing a blue golf shirt and approximately 50 years of age.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Offense:

*** WANTED PERSON - ARMED ROBBERY***

Suspect:

Mario Darrell Davis Jr

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Mario Darrell Davis Jr, 6 foot, 190 pounds.  Davis is wanted for robbery of a victim in DeCarlos Bar’s bathroom in which he and two other accomplices beat the victim with hand guns and then robbed him of his belongings.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Offense:

*** THEFT FROM VEHICLES ***

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Wyomissing Borough and Penn State University Police are investigating approximately 10 theft from vehicle complaints, that are believed to have all occurred during the afternoon hours of Tuesday, June 22, 2010.  In almost all cases, entry was gained by smashing windows.  Small electronics, such as GPS units, and other articles were removed from the vehicles.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Offense:

*** CRIMINAL MISCHIEF ***

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The Shillington Police Department is currently investigating a criminal mischief incident that took place on June 5^th 2010 between 0300 and 0400 hrs. at the Governor Mifflin Sr. High School.  It appears that two females were involved in this incident.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Offense:

*** BURGLARY ***

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The Wyomissing Police Dept. is investigating a burglary that occurred on Friday June 4, 2010 between 1800 hours and 2200 hours. Entry was gained to the residence by smashing in the rear door. The force broke the door which caused the dead bolt to come out of the door and land 3 feet away on the floor of the residence.  Taken were small electronics and cash.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Offense:

*** THEFT / ACCESS DEVICE FRAUD ***

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The Wyomissing Police Department is seeking assistance in identifying the two suspects pictured who were involved in a theft/access device fraud that occurred on 05/14/2010.  The victim in this incident had her wallet stolen from her car while at Gold’s Gym (Wyomissing, PA).  Her credit cards was used shortly thereafter at a CVS drugstore and Giant supermarket – Rockland Plaza

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Offense:

*** HOME INVASION ROBBERY ***

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Three intruders forced their way into the home of the residents between 9:30pm and 10:00pm on Thursday, May 13^th. The homeowners were assaulted before being robbed of cash and various other items.  The actors fled by unknown means.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Offense:

*** ATTEMPTED BURGLARY ***

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On April 28, 2010 at approx. 1:30pm Cumru Twp. police responded to a call for an unknown Hispanic male that had just kicked in the front door of a residence located in the 1600 block of Liggett Ave. in Cumru Twp.  The elderly female victim advised police officers that she was on her phone when she noticed a male walking up Liggett Ave. toward Shillington.  The victim stated she thought the male was selling something, so she left her living room area and walked into her kitchen.  The victim heard a knock at the front door, but she did not answer. After a short time, the victim heard another knock and then a loud bang.  The actor had kicked in the front door to the home but ran off when he saw the victim.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Offense:

*** SHOTS FIRED - RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING ***

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Unknown person outside of Boomerangz Bar fired several shots into the front window at approx. 0322 hours. This may be related to an earlier incident which occurred at 0210 at which time a male threw a brick through the window.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Offense:

*** BURGLARY ***

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On Monday April 12^th between the hours of 8:30 am and 11:45am actor/s broke into a residence in the 500 block of Grill Ave. in Cumru Twp. by removing a rear window screen and opening the window. The actor/s climbed in through the window and went through the house to a bedroom and office. The actor/s removed a safe, and electronic equipment.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Offense:

*** DEER POACHING  ***

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Since the end of February 2010, the Wyomissing Police Department in cooperation with the PA Game Commission have been investigating the shooting of 8 deer in the Wyomissing Parklands.  Investigators have no leads and are requesting anybody with any information, no matter how slight, to contact Crime Alert Berks.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Offense:

*** IDENTITY THEFT  ***

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On March 25^th at approximately 12:10 PM an elderly white female, with short gray hair wearing a red jacket and utilizing a cane, entered the Wachovia Bank branch located at 101 Love Road in Cumru Township.  The female presented herself as a Wachovia Bank account holder and requested to withdraw a large sum of money from her account.  The female presented a withdrawal slip with the victim’s correct account number, and a fraudulent driver license listing the previous address of the victim. The female Actor also presented a Citibank Visa in the name of victim as a secondary form of identification.  After being questioned by Wachovia Bank personnel and the transaction being delayed, the Actor exited the bank leaving all documentation with bank personnel.  The female Actor has been successful on 3 previous attempts at various Wachovia branches outside of Cumru Township, including Kutztown and Wilkes Barre.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Offense:

*** BURGLARY ***

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On Sunday March 14, 2010 at 2257 hours Douglass Twp PD was detailed to TC Equipment Sales and Service at 1554 Ben Franklin Highway for a report of a front door and showroom motion alarm.  Upon arrival of responding officers they found that entry had been gained and unknown suspects had removed approximately 20 chainsaws and other equipment.  Total loss is in excess of $7700.00.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, March 21, 2010

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*** BURGLARY ***

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Subject(s) pushed a window in to gain access to a garage that is located in the alley area of the 200 blk. of State St.  Taken was: Numerous fishing rods, reels, telescopic fishing net, soft tackle box and numerous lures and fishing equipment.  Value is approximately $2,000.00.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Offense:

*** VANDALISM ***

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Over the past few weeks the Central Berks Regional Police Department has been experiencing numerous incidents of Vandalism.  Police are investigating at least 18 incidents where car windows were “shot out” with a high power “BB” weapon.   Some of the incidents possibly involved what appeared to be a “Bat” which caused damage to the metal window frames.  The total damages will be in the thousands of dollars.  These incidents have occurred in Mt. Penn Borough, St. Lawrence Borough and Lower Alsace Township.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Offense:

*** BURGLARY ***

Suspect:

1 white male approx. 6’ tall wearing a hooded sweat shirt, scruffy beard with short dark hair. 1–Hispanic male 5’ 10” wearing a hooded sweat shirt with short thick curly hair, a fine cut beard along his jaw line, both in their late teens to early 20’s.  They were in a mid to late 1990’s Chrysler Sebring white in color with a black front hood.

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On Wednesday afternoon January 13, 2010, two males approached a residence located in the 500 block of Morris Place located in Cumru Twp. and banged on the door.  A family member answered the door and one of the males asked for a female from that residence.  Both males were advised that the female was not at the residence.  A short time later the resident left his home and while driving away saw the males inside a white Chrysler Sebring drive past him heading in the opposite direction.  At approx. 2:20pm another family member arrived back at the residence and found the rear door open.  A TV was sitting on the kitchen floor.  When she entered the living room, she found another TV sitting on the floor.  The home owner then notified the police and a check of the residence found 2-TVs, 2- video game units and a computer missing.  Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Alert Berks County.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Offense:

*** COMMERCIAL BURGLARY ***

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Unknown

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The Central Berks Regional Police Department is investigating a “Burglary” of a Business, that occurred between Saturday, 2/13/2010 and Tuesday, 2/16/10 at 1030 Hrs.  Unknown actor/s entered through the front door.  Taken was an extensive amount of Nail Supplies, Equipment- Dryers, Nail Machines etc. and a Lap Top Computer.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Offense:

*** RETAIL THEFT ***

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In both thefts, the male suspect went directly to the baby formula aisle, loaded his shopping cart with containers of formula and pushed the cart out of the store, exiting through the entrance door.  During the second theft, he took off his jacket and put it over the cart to conceal what was in it before leaving the store.  The value of the formula was about $1,800.00.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Offense:

*** VANDALISM ***

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Someone, possibly in a vehicle, went around the borough firing pellet guns at windows of houses and parked cars.  Police believe the incidents happened during after school hours the same day.  As many as nine homes and three cars were damaged, but police still were getting damage reports as of late last week.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Offense:

*** ROBBERY & attempted robbery ***

Suspect:

The suspects in both holdups are believed to be two males teens, one possibly as young as 15.  One was described as 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall.  The younger one was shorter.  Both are of medium weight.

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Both suspects wore dark colored hooded coats or sweatshirts with bandanas or something similar covering their faces.  In the first robbery, a 47 year  old Temple woman was accosted by the males, one of whom put a handgun to her head.  They got $260 from the victim.  In the second robbery, the suspects put a handgun to the back of a 54 year old Temple man but they got no money from him.  No one was injured in either incident.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Offense:

*** BURGLARIES ***

Suspect:

White male, about 6 foot tall, early 20’s, “college age,” wearing a black puffy winter coat with a fur trimmed hood, and a red or orange knit cap.

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The Wyomissing Police Department is investigating a series of early morning burglaries in the former Wyomissing Hills section of the borough that have occurred between 12/14/09 to 01/10/10.  In each of the burglaries, entry was gained via an unlocked door or window.  The suspect is described as a white male, about 6 foot tall, early 20’s, “college age,” wearing a black puffy winter coat with a fur trimmed hood, and a red or orange knit cap.  He is entering homes through unlocked doors and windows in an attempt to steal cash.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Offense:

*** ARMED ROBBERY ***

Suspect:

Two Male Actors, Wearing Black Ski Masks, Black Leather Jacket, Black Hooded Sweatshirt and Black Gloves, Black Boots.

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On 12/27/2009 at approx 2000 hrs. (8:00 PM) two male actors brandishing handguns, one silver the other black, entered the Turkey Hill Store located at 3428 Morgantown Road, Robeson Township.  The first actor jumped the front counter taking control of the clerk the other rounded the rear of the counter providing cover and acting as a look out.  Both actors left the store with cash from the safe.

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Week Beginning:

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Offense:

*** BURGLARY ***

Suspect:

Unknown

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On December 14, 2009 Cumru Twp. police received a detail to respond to Troy Lane in Cumru Twp. for a burglary discovered.  The home owner stated that sometime between December 4, 2009 and December 14, 2009 someone entered his residence through an unlocked door, or used a key as there was no forced entry. Taken from 2 bedrooms in the home were rifles, shot guns, hand guns, jewelry.  Also taken was a set of knives from the kitchen area.

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