Burglary, Attempted Vehicle Theft Top Lower Makefield Crimes

LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA —Over this past weekend, the Lower Makefield Township Police Department handled a burglary, and recovered a stolen vehicle after responding to a report of an attempted vehicle theft.

Here are the criminal incidents:

BURGLARY —1600 block of Thistlewood Drive., 6:03 p.m. Dec. 2. The victim reported that someone approached their front door and covered the doorbell camera. Subsequently, the house alarm was activated. When the police arrived, they found the front door forced open, a bedroom door forced open and a set of muddy footprints leading to the basement. A police K-9 was deployed to clear the residence, but no suspect was located. Police canvassed the neighborhood for possible video footage and observed a white sedan, which may be involved. Anyone with video footage or any information is asked to contact Detectives at 267-274-1163 or richm@lmt.org.

WANTED PERSON —Unit block of Oxford Valley Road, Shell Gas Station, 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Police stopped a vehicle for motor vehicle violations. During investigation, police found that the driver had a suspended driver’s license and the driver’s daughter, a 27-year-old woman, was wanted out of Philadelphia for Aggravated Assault with a Knife. She was taken into custody and turned over to the Philadelphia Police Department.

THEFT FROM VEHICLE —1600 block of Stapler Drive., 11:59 p.m. Saturday. The complainant reported their Hyundai Sonata had its driver side window broken out. Nothing was reported missing. Another vehicle parked directly behind the Hyundai also had the driver’s side window broken and credit cards stolen from the vehicle.

ATTEMPTED VEHICLE THEFT —1600 block of Stapler Drive, 11:59 p.m. Saturday. Police responded to the report of a Kia Optima with its driver's side window broken out, the steering column stripped, and the ignition punched. Further investigation revealed three credit cards were stolen from the vehicle.

RECOVERED STOLEN PROPERTY —Mirror Lake Road and Ginko Lane., 12:16 a.m. Sunday. While in the area for an attempted vehicle theft, police came upon a Hyundai Sonata that had been run aground along the grassy area. Inspection of the vehicle showed that the ignition lock had been forcibly broken. Believing this vehicle to be stolen and connected to an earlier attempted theft, it was impounded by police for further investigation. Drug paraphernalia was found inside the vehicle.