Crime & Safety
Multiple Homes, Cars Hit By Burglars, Moorestown Police Say
Two houses and five vehicles were broken into, according to police.
MOORESTOWN, NJ — Police are investigating seven different burglaries in Moorestown and are looking to the public for help, authorities said Thursday.
In one of the burglaries, a resident in the 500 block of North Stanwick Road told police on Wednesday she received a cell phone alert that one of her house's doors had been opened, according to police.
When she went to investigate, she realized her purse and two cell phones were taken, police said.
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The woman viewed surveillance footage of the break-in and described the suspect as a Black "tall and thin" man wearing a black and pink hoodie, black Adidas pants and black shoes, police said.
Another house break-in and five vehicle break-ins in the area of 300 block of East Oak Avenue were also reported by Moorestown police on Wednesday, according to police.
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No arrests in any of the burglaries were made as of Thursday morning. This story includes images of a possible suspect in at least one of the burglaries, police said.
Anyone with information regarding any of the burglaries or the person in the images was asked to call the Moorestown Police Department's Criminal Investigations Bureau at 856-914-3092.
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