Crime & Safety
NJ Man Charged With Attempted Burglary At Swamp Road Home
The NJ man drove onto the Swamp Road property at 2:30 a.m., and attempted to get inside through various doors and windows, police said.
WRIGHTSTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — A Trenton, N.J. man has been charged in connection with an attempted residential burglary in Wrightstown Township.
Kyreese Leverett, 34, has been charged in connection with the Sept. 27 attempted burglary at a property along Swamp Road, Newtown Township police said.
According to police, the resident found an exterior screen door open and reviewed security camera footage from the night before. The footage revealed that at about 2:30 a.m., a man in a Ford Fusion with New Jersey plates drove onto the property and attempted to get in through "various doors and windows."
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The car was traced back to the dealership in New Jersey where Leverett had rented it.
Newtown Township Police Detectives were assisted by law enforcement in New Jersey, where Leverett was taken into custody on Oct. 2.
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He is awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania.
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