Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: Two Robberies in Chestnut Hill Last Week

The following information has been supplied by the 14th District of the Philadelphia Police Department. If arrests or charges are mentioned, they do not indicate guilt or a conviction.

Theft … A resident of the 200 block of East Evergreen Avenue reported Feb. 29, 2:59 p.m., that someone took two packages containing printer toner and basketballs, valued at $97.95, from his porch, police said.

Robbery … A man reported March 1, 4 p.m., that he was walking along Lincoln Drive at West Willow Grove Avenue when he was approached by two men asking for directions, whose driver asked for directions, police said. According to police, the men then blocked him and demanded his iPhone, valued at $200.

Robbery … A man reported Feb. 29, 3:26 p.m., that he was walking at Gravers Lane and Germantown Avenue, when toe men walking ahead of him doubled back and demanded his phone, valued at $400., police said.

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Burglary … A resident of the unit block of West Chestnut Hill Avenue reported Feb. 29, 9 a.m., that her alarm company notified her that the alarm went off and when she returned home, it appeared that her rear door had been forced open, but nothing was listed as missing, police said.

 

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