Crime & Safety
Watch Warminster Cop Chase Down Car Break-In Suspect
In the Speedway section, the officer leaped three fences while chasing a man believed to have been breaking into cars early Tuesday.
WARMINSTER, PA — Police in Warminster have shared video of an officer engaged in a lengthy foot chase of a man suspected of breaking into cars in the Speedway section.
At 6:09 a.m. Tuesday, officers were called to Speedway for a report of a man going through vehicles. When they got there, they saw a man matching the description. Video shows an officer speak with him and the man take off running.
What follows is a foot chase in which the officer, weighed down with 20 pounds of equipment, runs after the suspect, hurdling three fences in the process. Eventually, the man is caught and he has been charged, police said Wednesday.
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They say the man also was found to have illegal drugs on him.
Anyone who believes they were a victim of a vehicle theft is asked to call police at 215-672-1000.
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You can watch body camera video of the chase below.
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