Strip Club Burglary Leads To Charges For Falls Twp. Man

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA —A 32-year-old Fairless Hills man is in custody for a July burglary at a Lincoln Highway strip club, police said.

Andrew David Keough, 32, of Fairless Hills, has been charged with burglary, criminal trespassing, theft, receiving stolen property, and criminal mischief in connection with the July 17 incident.

He was preliminarily arraigned Wednesday morning before on-call District Judge Gary Gambardella and held on 10 percent of $200,000 bail.

Falls Township Police responded to a forced entry at The Raven Pub at 250 Lincoln Highway in the early morning of July 17 after owner Richard Bodine reported damaged doors after a cleaning crew informed him of the break-in, a criminal complaint obtained by Patch states.

Police found pry marks on the door frames and the doors were damaged. Just inside past the door, there was a small table that was flipped over, the complaint states.

Bodine pointed out where the CountR Redemption machine was located and said he had video surveillance inside and outside of the business.

Bodine said he estimated repairs at $8,288.43.

Surveillance footage reviewed by investigators showed a black Toyota Tacoma truck arriving at the club around 5:53 a.m. Two individuals were seen forcing entry into the club and attempting to remove a skill game payout machine containing a large sum of money, police said.

Police detailed that after an initial failed attempt, the suspects returned with a third individual—later identified as Keough—and successfully removed the machine valued at $14,500 and containing $4,600 in cash.

The total loss, including damages to the property, amounted to $19,000, police said.

The truck believed to be involved was later spotted and located by police at a Wawa on Bristol-Oxford Valley Road, the complaint states. Officers reported finding scratch marks in the truck’s bedliner.

Police said they were able to find images from license plate readers on Street Road at I-95 in Bensalem Township from 6:28 a.m. on July 17. The images showed the redemption machine in the truck’s bed.

Keough had the same red mark to the left of his nose as seen on surveillance footage from The Raven Pub, the complaint states.