Crime & Safety

4 Suspects Sought In Home Break-Ins, Vehicle Thefts: Moorestown Police

The suspects broke into two Moorestown homes early Tuesday and stole keys to a Jeep and a pickup truck, then took the vehicles, said police.

Moorestown PD said the crimes happened in the 200 block of Country Club Drive and the 100 block of Hamilton Court. Police said three suspects attempted to take vehicles from both locations, left, and then came back.
Moorestown PD said the crimes happened in the 200 block of Country Club Drive and the 100 block of Hamilton Court. Police said three suspects attempted to take vehicles from both locations, left, and then came back. (Moorestown PD)

MOORESTOWN, NJ — Township police are investigating two home break-ins and vehicle thefts that happened early Tuesday morning, and seek four suspects.

Moorestown PD said the crimes happened in the 200 block of Country Club Drive and the 100 block of Hamilton Court. Police said three suspects attempted to take vehicles from both locations, left, and then came back.

The suspects in both cases are described as follows:

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Suspect 1: "Younger black male, wearing a black Nike hooded sweatshirt, black pants, black shoes, a black face mask, and black gloves."
Suspect 2: "Younger male, unknown race, wearing a dark colored baseball cap, a navy blue/pink/grey zip-up hooded sweatshirt, navy blue pants with unknown writing, a dark colored facemask, white shoes, and white gloves, carrying a black crossbody bag."
Suspect 3: "Younger male, unknown race, wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt with black writing on the sleeves, a black puffy style zip-up vest over top the sweatshirt, black mask, black pants, black gloves, and red/white sneakers."

Police did not have a description of a fourth suspect, who was reportedly driving the getaway vehicle.

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The suspects arrived to the Country Club Drive residence first, around 4:16 a.m. According to police, one suspect got out of a vehicle and ran up the victim's driveway to a Dodge Ram 1500.

The suspect got in the truck using the driver door, but was unable to start the vehicle, as the key fob was not inside, police said. The suspect got back into the vehicle they arrived in and left, police said.

Then, police said, the same suspects went to a Hamilton Court residence around 4:24 a.m. Three got out of the suspect vehicle (which there is no description of at this time). They walked up the driveway and tried to get into three vehicles in the driveway, which were locked.

The suspects tried to get inside the house by the front and back doors, which were locked, said police. Then, they left around 4:26 and went back to the Country Club Drive house.

At 4:47 a.m., the suspects' vehicle pulled up to the first victims' house and all got out, walking up the driveway. Police say they used the garage door opener inside the Dodge Ram to open the door, then got the key fob to the Dodge Ram.

Suspects 1 and 2 got into the truck and Suspect 3 got back into the vehicle, which police say a fourth suspect was driving. Both vehicles left towards Centerton Road around 4:49 a.m., said police.

About an hour later, the suspects returned to the Hamilton Court home and forced their way in by a first-floor window, township police said. There, they got the keys to a Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk and took it from the driveway. Police said the stolen Jeep was last seen headed in the direction of Brooks Road.

Police ask anyone with information that could help them solve the crime to call the Criminal Investigations Bureau at 856-914-3092.

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