Catalytic Converter Rash Of Thefts Reported By Falls Township Police

FAIRLESS HILLS, PA —The Falls Township Police Department has released its police blotter for the period of Oct. 17 through Oct. 23.

Oct. 17

• Bernard Drive, Unit Block, Criminal Mischief —Residence spray painted with graffiti

Oct. 18

• Stolen Automobile, Public Storage, 300 Block Commerce Boulevard —Ford truck (running) stolen from the parking lot. Vehicle was located at Holiday Inn Express by the victim using GPS.
• Attempted Theft, Castle Club Apartments —Victim interrupted suspect stealing license plate from her vehicle. The suspect is a black male, his late teens, six feet tall, implied that he had a gun before leaving in a gray Nissan Altima with tinted windows.

Oct. 19

• Retail Theft, Home Depot —White man fled in green Subaru hatchback after taking a water heater.
• Retail Theft, Home Depot —Black man suspected of attempting to stealing approximately $1,500 worth of multiple items, fled in a white sedan with New Jersey registration plates.
• BJ’s Wholesale Club, Theft —Employee stole $255 worth of items from the optical department, charged via summons.
• La Fitness, Theft —$250 stolen from a locker.
• Pond Lane, Unit Block, Theft —Black Mongoose BMX bicycle stolen from a carport.

Oct. 20

• Willow Drive, 200 Block, Theft from vehicle — A car was entered and loose change was taken.
• Amelia Drive, 100 Block, Theft —Crossbow was stolen from a residence.
• Aspen Falls Apartments, Attempted Theft —Unknown male subject attempted to steal a catalytic converter from a vehicle in the apartment parking lot. The subject fled when the resident yelled out at him.

Oct. 21

• B&B Automotive, Theft —Overnight thefts of catalytic converters from multiple vehicles.
• Faulkner Collision, Theft —Overnight theft of catalytic converters
• Ace Motel, False Reports —Man arrested for false reports to law enforcement authorities, charged by summons.
• North Turn Lane, 100 Block, Theft —Theft of a bicycle, 2 subjects (NFI) stole a bicycle and left another behind.
• Lincoln Highway, 100 Block, Traffic Stop, Warrant Arrests —A man and a woman were stopped for a vehicle code violation on bicycles and found to have warrants out of Philadelphia. The man was also charged with false identification to law enforcement. Both were turned over to PCSD.

Oct. 22

• Recovered Stolen Vehicle —Trenton PD recovered a vehicle stolen out of Falls Township.
• Oxford Valley Road and US Route One, Harassment —Motorist cited for altercation following a traffic accident.

Oct. 23

• Fairless Motors, 400 Block Lincoln Highway, Theft Arrest —A man was arrested for stealing catalytic converters, preliminarily arraigned, and remanded to BCCF.
• West Trenton Avenue, 900 Block, Drug Arrest —A man was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
• Old Navy, Rally House, Retail Theft —Two men were arrested for retail theft.
• Nesting Rock Lane, Unit Block, Warrant Arrest —A man was arrested and remanded to BCSD.