Crime & Safety
Shotgun, Jewelry Stolen In Chestnut Hill Home Burglary: Police
Police said about $14,000 in jewelry and a semi-automatic shotgun were stolen between Dec. 26 and Dec. 27 from a Chestnut Hill home.
CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Police said thousand of dollars worth of jewelry and a shotgun were stolen from a Chestnut Hill home in burglary that occurred between Dec. 26 and Dec. 27.
Police said sometime between 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 26 and 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 27, a home on the 8300 block of Millman Street was entered.
Police said the suspects forced open a side window and then ransacked the home.
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When the victims went through the home to see what was stolen, the learned about $14,000 worth of jewelry and a Beretta semi-automatic shotgun, valued at about $2,000, were stolen.
The suspects are described as a black male with a stocky build and a beard. He was wearing a knit ski cap and a down vest over a hooded sweatshirt, police said. The other suspect is only described as a male with a medium build who was wearing a knit ski cap and hooded sweatshirt, police said.
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Anyone with information on the crime is asked to contact Det. Bowden with the Northwest Detective Division at (215) 686-3353 or (215) 686-3354.
If you see these suspects do not approach, contact 911 immediately.
To submit a tip via telephone, dial (215) 686-8477) or text a tip to 773847. All tips will be confidential.
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