Alleged Burglar May Have Been Squatter, Police Say

A report of a burglary on Beechwood Avenue last week may have been the work of a squatter in a vacant home, Cherry Hill Police said.

Officers responded to a home in the 700 block of Beechwood on Oct. 6, just after 6 p.m., after a neighbor reported a man trying to force his way in a back door, police said.

The neighbor confronted the man, described as a white man in his 30s, with gray hair, wearing a gray T-shirt and khaki shorts, who claimed he was considering buying the house, police said.

The unidentified man took off after the confrontation, police said, but officers who checked the house reported seeing signs someone had been squatting there.

Anyone with information should contact the Cherry Hill Police Investigative Unit at 856-488-7833.