Crime & Safety
Burglary In Bryn Mawr Lands Charges For 1, 3 Sought: Lower Merion Cops
Lower Merion Police said a 25-year-old man from Chile was taken into custody after a home break in on Saturday. Three others are sought.
BRYN MAWR, PA — Police in Lower Merion Township are looking for three people after taking a man into custody in connection with a Bryn Mawr Burglary.
At about 6:25 p.m. Saturday, officers were called to a home on the 600 block of Woodleave Road in Bryn Mawr for a report of a burglary in progress.
Police said the owner, who was not home, saw three people on their security camera who had forced their way into the home.
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Officers then followed a vehicle from the scene and took the driver into custody. The driver was identified as Claudeo Alexander Fuentez-Soto, 25. Fuentez-Soto is a Chilean national who police said had false identification from Venezuela.
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He was charged with burglary and related offenses. Fuentez-Soto was arraigned Sunday and held on $25,000 cash bail.
Police learned three other suspects left the area on foot. It was subsequently determined that the three remaining suspects fled
Anyone who may have information on the burglary and the suspects is asked to contact the Lower Merion Police at 610-649-1000.
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