Crime & Safety

Arrest Made in Day Care Burglary, Police Say

A man is arrested for his role in an April 7 burglary.

Officers of the 14th Police District of Philadelphia have made an arrest in a burglary that occurred at 6110 Germantown Ave. on April 7.

According to police, surveillance footage showed a man forcing open the front door of the Kids Are Fit Day Care Center at 6:25 a.m..

Once inside, police say the man took a desktop computer and placed it in his shoulder bag.

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Once he obtained the computer, the man fled south on Germantown Ave., police say.

Officers arrested the man on April 15, at 9 p.m.  Police found the man hiding in the third floor closet of his home.

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