Crime & Safety

498 Pieces Of Stolen Mail Found After 3 Taken In: Haverford Police

Police charged a Delaware County man and two Philadelphia men after they said they were in possession of nearly 500 pieces of stolen mail.

HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP, PA — Three people were taken into custody last week in connection with mail thefts in Haverford Township, police said.

According to Haverford Township Police, Aloysius Kicmett, 19, of Upper Darby, and Tyrese Isaiah English, 18, and Ahmeer Hakeem Johnson, 22, both of Philadelphia, are charged with theft, receiving stolen property, recklessly endangering another person, resisting arrest, and fleeing or attempting to elude police.

The three were taken into custody on Thursday last week.

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At about 1:33 a.m. Thursday, police said a vehicle parked with its headlights on and a person outside the vehicle by a USPS mailbox in the 1600 block of Darby Road.

Police said the person then ran back to the vehicle and got in on the passenger side.

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It drove north on Darby Road past the officer.

Police said they say several black men inside the vehicle.

Due to recent mail thefts, police tried to stop the vehicle on the 1700 block Darby Road, but it sped off going north on Darby Road and then through neighborhood streets, police said.

On Mill Road, police said mail was being thrown out of the fleeing vehicle.

The vehicle eventually crashed on the 1600 block of Karakung Drive, police said.

Two of the suspects fled on foot and one suspect was taken into custody at the scene, police said.

Lower Merion Police later apprehended the other suspects at City Avenue and Haverford Road.

Haverford, Radnor, and Lower Merion Police recovered numerous pieces of mail
along the chase route, police said.

The vehicle involved, a black 2017 Dodge Charger, was impounded and
a search warrant was issued.

The search led to the seizure of a handgun and two United States Postal Service mail bins, according to police.

Police said they found 498 pieces of mail.

The below listed defendants were charged with Theft, Receiving Stolen Property, Recklessly

All three were arraigned and bail was set at 10 percent of $250,000.

They were transported to George W. Hill Correctional Facility.

Police are still investigating the incident sand ask anyone with information to contact the Haverford Township Police Department Investigations Division at 610-853-1298, extension 1230, Det. Ryan Maguire at 610-853-1298, extension 1118, or the police Anonymous Tip-Line at 610-853-9213.

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