The Crime Report
2nd Police District
- A gun was taken from the garage of a home on the 6000 block of
Agusta St. between Sept. 10 and Oct. 2.
- A garage on the 6200 block of Shelbourne St. was burglarized on
Sept. 20.
- A home on the 5900 block of Agusta St. was burglarized between
Sept. 20 and 24.
- A home on the 400 block of Hellerman St. was burglarized between
Sept. 21 and 23.
- A male snatched a purse from someone on the 6400 block of Argyle
St. at 2:15 p.m. on Sept. 23.
- A home on the 7200 block of Bustleton Ave. was burglarized between
11 p.m. on Sept. 23 and 8:16 a.m. on Sept. 24.
- On Sept. 23, a male reported that he had been robbed by two other
males on the 6900 block of Pennway St. at 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 7.
- A male robbed someone on the 700 block of Kerper St. at 7:15 p.m.
on Sept. 23.
- The male resident of a home on the 6200 block of Shelbourne St.
awoke to find two males in his room at 4:15 a.m. on Sept. 23. The resident
yelled, and the intruders jumped out a window and fled.
- A male attempted to snatch a purse from someone on the 1300 block
of Knorr St. at 11:28 a.m. on Sept. 24.
- Four young males followed another male home and attempted to take
his bike on the 6300 block of Tabor Road at 2:49 p.m. on Sept. 24.
- A home on the 1400 block of Stevens St. was burglarized between
5 and 10 p.m. on Sept. 24.
- A female was arrested at Keller's Market on the 7900 block of Verree
Road at 4:07 p.m. on Sept. 25. The suspect sprayed an employee with
dog repellent when stopped for putting items in her purse.
- Four males robbed someone on the 7000 block of Pennway St. at 10:15
p.m. on Sept. 26.
- A male was arrested for retail theft at Strawbridge's department
store on the 2300 block of Cottman Ave. at 12:36 p.m. on Sept. 27.
- Three males robbed someone at gunpoint on the 7300 block of Horrocks
St. at 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 27.
- A home on the 6200 block of Langdon St. was burglarized between
8:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Sept. 27.
- Two males robbed someone on the 7300 block of Bustleton Ave. at
4:30 a.m. on Sept. 28.
- The Exxon gas station on the 5700 block of Rising Sun Ave. was
robbed at gunpoint by a male at 8:48 p.m. on Sept. 28.
- A male was arrested after taking items from his mother's home on
the 7700 block of Whitaker Ave. at 12:40 a.m. on Sept. 28.
- Funcoland on the 7300 block of Bustleton Ave. was robbed at gunpoint
by three males at 11:58 a.m. on Sept. 28.
- A home on the 7400 block of Tabor Road was vandalized and burglarized
between 10 p.m. on Sept. 29 and 10:45 a.m. on Sept. 30.
- A male was arrested after he struggled with security guards when
stopped for retail theft at the Super Fresh market on the 2100 block
of Cottman Ave. at 12:45 p.m. on Sept. 29.
- Two males robbed someone on the 2300 block of Cottman Ave. at 3:35
p.m. on Sept. 29.
- A home on the 1300 block of Princeton Ave. was burglarized between
8:25 p.m. on Sept. 29 and 8:50 a.m. on Sept. 30.
- A male kicked in the door of his ex-girlfriend's house on the 1000
block of Levick St. at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 3. After she refused to give
him money. He took her car and house keys.
- An apartment on the 6900 block of Castor Ave. was broken into on
Oct. 3.
- Two males robbed someone on the 1000 block of Devereaux St. at
2 a.m. on Oct. 4.
- Two males assaulted and robbed someone on the 7200 block of Summerdale
Ave. at 11:10 p.m. on Oct. 5.
- An apartment on the 7400 block of Roosevelt Blvd. was burglarized
between 9 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 5.
- A home on the 6800 block of Sylvester St. was burglarized between
7:20 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. on Oct. 5.
- Scollon Contractor on the 7000 block of Rising Sun Ave. was burglarized
between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 6.
- An apartment on the 6700 block of Lynford Ave. was burglarized
between noon on Oct. 6 and 10:44 p.m. on Oct. 7.
- Made in Brazil Travel Co. on the 1800 block of Cottman Ave. was
robbed at gunpoint by a male at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 7.
- A male who stated that he was a police officer stopped and robbed
two people on the 1000 block of Hellerman St. at 7:47 p.m. on Oct. 7.
- A male snatched a purse from a female and pushed her to the ground
on the 800 block of Fanshawe St. at 8:53 p.m. on Oct. 7.
- A male jumped out of a vehicle and robbed someone on the 7300 block
of Dungan Road at 12:04 a.m. on Oct. 8.
- Two females and a male were arrested for retail theft at a store
on the 7300 block of Bustleton Ave. at 8:40 p.m. on Oct. 8.
- Two males knocked a female to the ground and took her purse on
the 5200 block of Tabor Road at 9:20 p.m. on Oct. 8.
- A home on the 800 block of Anchor St. was broken into on Oct. 8.
- An apartment on the 6500 block of Everett Ave. was broken into
between 1 p.m. on Oct. 9 and 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 10.
- A home on the 400 block of Borbeck Ave. was broken into, and a
phone was taken at 2:50 p.m. on Oct. 10. The female resident was told
by her ex-father-in-law that her ex- husband had been in the house.
- A home on the 5900 block of Shisler St. was burglarized between
8 a.m. and 6:05 p.m. on Oct. 10.
- A male robbed someone at gunpoint on the 1100 block of Levick St.
at 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 11.
- Four males robbed someone on the 5800 block of Rising Sun Ave.
at 2:30 am on Oct. 11.
- An apartment on the 7100 block of Oxford Ave. was burglarized between
10:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. on Oct. 11.
- Three males entered a home on the 5500 block of Hill Creek Drive
and demanded money and drugs at 2:40 a.m. on Oct. 11. They tied up the
residents with duct tape and pulled the phone cords from the wall.
- A home on the 200 block of Levick St. was burglarized between 1
and 2:25 p.m. on Oct. 11. When the male resident arrived, he chased
a male suspect who was leaving by the rear door.
- In the 2nd district, 59 vehicles were reported stolen between Sept.
23 and Oct. 11.
7th Police District
- Gifts Baskets Plus on the 9800 block of Bustleton Ave. was burglarized
between 6 p.m. on Sept. 22 and 7:45 a.m. on Sept. 23.
- A male snatched a purse from someone on the 1800 block of Bergen
St. at 12:15 p.m. on Sept. 23.
- The garage of a home on the 1000 block of Southampton Road was
burglarized between 10:45 and 11 p.m. on Sept. 23.
- Two males assaulted and robbed someone on the 2100 block of Michener
St. at 7:15 p.m. on Sept. 23.
- A home on the 8500 block of Castor Ave. was burglarized between
10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sept. 24.
- A home on the 15100 block of Wayside Road was burglarized between
8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sept. 24.
- A teenage male robbed someone on the 1600 block of Grant Ave. at
1:30 p.m. on Sept. 26.
- Four males robbed someone on the 9600 block of Clark St. at 11:25
p.m. on Sept. 27.
- A home on the 9000 block of Cargill St. was burglarized between
10 a.m. and 1:50 p.m. on Sept. 27.
- A home on the 800 block of Morefield Road was burglarized between
8:10 a.m. and 3:10 p.m. on Sept. 27.
- A home on the 700 block of Strahle St. was burglarized between
8:30 a.m. and 5:40 p.m. on Sept. 27.
- A home on the 800 block of Selma St. was burglarized between 1
and 2 a.m. on Sept. 28.
- A male snatched a purse from a female on the 1600 block of Grant
Ave. at 2:36 p.m. on Sept. 29. The suspect dropped the purse when the
victim yelled.
- Someone knocked a woman to the ground and took her purse on the
10700 block of Bustleton Ave. at 11 a.m. on Oct. 1.
- Farrell School on the 8300 block of Castor Ave. was burglarized
between 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 and 8:40 a.m. on Oct. 3.
- A teenage female was arrested after she stole a wallet at George
Washington High School on the 10100 block of Bustleton Ave. at 10:10
a.m. on Oct. 3.
- Game Gallery on the 1600 block of Grant Ave. was burglarized, and
the alarm wire cut between 2:55 and 3:07 a.m. on Oct. 3. A vehicle with
two males and a female was seen leaving the property.
- A lock was cut off the front gate of a construction site on the
1800 block of Byberry Road between 4 p.m. on Oct. 5 and 6:50 a.m. on
Oct. 6.
- A male forced a female into a vehicle and robbed her on the 8200
block of Castor Ave. at 2:20 p.m. on Oct. 9.
- In the 7th district, 9 vehicles were reported stolen between Sept.
23 and Oct. 11.
8th Police District
- A home on the 2800 block of Walnut Hill Road was burglarized between
1:30 and 6:45 a.m. on Sept. 23.
- A teenage male was arrested after attempting to rob someone on
the 12600 block of Knights Road at 4 p.m. on Sept. 23.
- A male attempted to take items from the Jean Outlet on the 1200
block of Franklin Mills Circle at 4:50 p.m. on Sept. 24. The suspect
tried to flee in a mall security van but was sprayed with mace and arrested.
- The office trailer at Alpha Auto World on the 8200 block of Torresdale
Ave. was burglarized between 9 p.m. on Sept. 24 and 7 a.m. on Sept.
25.
- An apartment on the 8700 block of Cottage St. was burglarized between
Sept. 24 and 29.
- A dirt bike was taken from a garage on the 8800 block of Brocklehurst
St. between 7:30 and 9 p.m. on Sept. 26.
- A female intruder fled when the resident of a home on the 3600
block of Morrell Ave. woke to find her in the bedroom at 3:30 a.m. on
Sept. 28.
- Two females were observed breaking a window and entering an apartment
on the 2700 block of Axe Factory Road on Sept. 29. The apartment was
burglarized.
- Two teenage males were arrested after taking video games from Funcoland
on the 100 block of Franklin Mills Circle at 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 2.
- A home on the 8000 block of Montague St. was burglarized between
8 p.m. on Oct. 2 and 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 3.
- An apartment on the 9600 block of Ashton Road was burglarized between
Oct. 3 and 7.
- When the male resident of an apartment on the 2600 block of Welsh
Road entered his apartment at 1:39 p.m. on Oct. 5, he surprised three
male intruders who ran out. The apartment had been burglarized.
- A male robbed someone on the 8800 block of Frankford Ave. at 1:30
p.m. on Oct. 5.
- A male was arrested after taking items from the Amoco gas station
on the 3100 block of Holme Ave. at 1:41 a.m. on Oct. 6.
- Two males took a purse from a female at gunpoint as she was in
her vehicle on the 9100 block of Frankford Ave. at 2:25 p.m. on Oct.
7.
- A male got out of a vehicle and took a purse from someone on the
3600 block of Nanton Terrace at 9:50 p.m. on Oct. 7.
- On Oct. 8, it was reported that a home on the 4600 block of Solly
Ave. had been burglarized between 11 a.m. on Sept. 8 and 8 a.m. on Sept.
9.
- A home on the 9200 block of Cambridge St. was burglarized between
2 and 11 p.m. on Oct. 1.
- An apartment on the 8200 block of Roosevelt Blvd. was burglarized
between 1:30 and 8:15 p.m. on Oct. 4.
- An apartment on the 12400 block of Knights Road was burglarized
between 9:15 a.m. and 8:45 p.m. on Oct. 10.
- Two males were arrested after attempting to rob someone on the
2400 block of Welsh Road at 10:15 p.m. on Oct. 11.
- In the 8th district, 11 vehicles were reported stolen between Sept.
23 and Oct. 11.
15th Police District
- A home on the 4400 block of Van Kirk St. was ransacked between
Aug. 26 and Sept. 27.
- A home on the 5300 block of Lesher St. was burglarized between
Aug. 29 and Oct. 1.
- A home on the 6200 block of Ditman St. was burglarized between
Sept. 21 and 27.
- A home on the 7100 block of Tulip St. was burglarized between 6
and 8 p.m. on Sept. 22.
- A home on the 7200 block of Glenloch St. was burglarized on Sept.
22.
- Record Storage on the 5300 block of Tacony St. was burglarized
between 5 p.m. on Sept. 22 and 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 23.
- A home on the 7200 block of Edmund St. was burglarized between
10 p.m. on Sept. 22 and 8:45 a.m. on Sept. 23.
- A home on the 2100 block of Scattergood St. was burglarized between
11 a.m. and 8:45 p.m. on Sept. 23.
- Three males punched another male and robbed him on the 5300 block
of Cottage St. at 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 23.
- A male was arrested after attempting to rob someone on the 2900
block of Tyson Ave. at 1:50 a.m. on Sept. 23.
- A home on the 6200 block of Mershon St. was burglarized between
4 and 9 p.m. on Sept. 23.
- Three males broke down the door of an apartment on the 5100 block
of Pennway St. at 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 24. They pistol-whipped and robbed
the resident.
- A male was arrested for retail theft at the Rite-Aid store on the
5200 block of Torresdale Ave. at 4:50 p.m. on Sept. 24.
- A male robbed someone on the 5200 block of Darrah St. at 9:30 a.m.
on Sept. 24.
- Three males robbed someone on the 1000 block of Allengrove St.
at 9 p.m. on Sept. 24.
- A home on the 4500 block of McKinley St. was burglarized between
noon on Sept. 24 and midnight on Sept. 25.
- A garage of a home on the 1800 block of Haworth St. was burglarized
between 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 24 and 8 a.m. on Sept. 25.
- Two males attempted to rob another male on the 4900 block of Saul
St. at 1:15 p.m. on Sept. 25. The suspects shot the victim in the neck
with a BB gun when he refused to give them money.
- Two males were observed fleeing from Shaw's Auto Body on the 4700
block of James St. at 10:43 p.m. on Sept. 25.
- A home on the 6500 block of Marsden St. was burglarized between
midnight and 6 a.m. on Sept. 25.
- A home on the 4400 block of Cottman Ave. was burglarized between
3 and 5 p.m. on Sept. 25.
- A home on the 4500 block of Teesdale St. was burglarized between
1 and 2:10 p.m. on Sept. 25.
- A home on the 4200 block of Tackawanna St. was burglarized between
8 p.m. on Sept. 25 and 2 a.m. on Sept. 26.
- A male stole a wallet from someone on the 4200 block of Frankford
Ave. at 12:15 p.m. on Sept. 26.
- Two males were discovered inside a home on the 4300 block of Cottman
Ave. at noon on Sept. 26.
- A male struck someone in the leg with a baseball bat in an attempt
to steal a money box from Art Holiday cinema on the 4200 block of Kensington
Ave. at 11:16 p.m. on Sept. 26.
- Two males hit a male on the head with a golf club and took a pair
of jeans and a shirt from his bag on the 2800 block of Cottman Ave.
at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 26.
- Two males robbed someone on the 1500 block of Sellers St. at 6:50
a.m. on Sept. 27. One of them struck the complainant in the face with
a gun.
- Two males took a purse from someone on the 1400 block of Gillingham
St. at 2:05 p.m. on Sept. 27.
- A female and a male broke into a home on the 5900 block of Jackson
St. at 11:50 p.m. on Sept. 27.
- A teenage male was discovered in an apartment on the 5200 block
of Oxford Ave. at 8:53 a.m. on Sept. 27. He attempted to flee but was
apprehended and arrested.
- A male robbed someone on the 4000 block of Teesdale St. at 8:30
p.m. on Sept. 27.
- Frankford Beverage on the 4600 block of Paul St. was burglarized
at 5:37 a.m. on Sept. 27.
- A male attempted to rob at gunpoint the Hub Motel on the 7600 block
of Roosevelt Blvd. at 345 a.m. on Sept. 28.
- Bill's Meat Market on the 4400 block of Frankford Ave. was burglarized
at 4:47 a.m. on Sept. 28.
- A male was found inside a home on the 3500 block of Ryan Ave. at
2:24 a.m. on Sept. 28. He fled through a window.
- A male was arrested after a burglary at Cottman Check Cashing on
the 5000 block of Cottman Ave. at 1:22 a.m. on Sept. 28.
- A home on the 3300 block of Hartel St. was broken into between
8:45 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. on Sept. 28.
- A home on the 2300 block of Orthodox St. was burglarized between
3:30 p.m. on Sept. 28 and 10 a.m. on Sept. 29.
- Two teenage males were arrested after taking a bike from someone
on the 3900 block of Kensington Ave. at 5:46 p.m. on Sept. 29.
- Two males robbed someone at gunpoint on the 5400 block of Torresdale
Ave. at 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 29.
- A male entered a home on the 3500 block of Sheffield St. at 3 p.m.
on Sept. 29. The suspect took a purse and fled in the resident's vehicle.
- Two males robbed someone at gunpoint on the 6300 block of Torresdale
Ave. at 9:03 p.m. on Sept. 29.
- A sales trailer at Bell Auto Sales on the 6500 block of Frankford
Ave. was vandalized between 5 p.m. on Sept. 30 and 7:30 a.m. on Oct.
1. Keys to a Mercury Capri were taken, and the vehicle was found abandoned
on the 6400 block of Frankford Ave.
- A State Farm Insurance office on the 7300 block of Frankford Ave.
was burglarized on Sept. 30.
- A home on the 3300 block of Oakmont St. was burglarized on Sept.
30. A female was observed leaving the premises with the missing items.
- Two males knocked an elderly man to the ground and robbed him on
the 5000 block of Penn St. at 2:11 p.m. on Oct. 1.
- A male robbed someone at gunpoint on the 5300 block of Charles
St. at 9:20 p.m. on Oct. 1.
- A male robbed Ken's Deli, on the 1700 block of Wakeling St., and
a customer in the store at 7:40 p.m. on Oct. 1. The complainant fired
two shots at the suspect as he fled, hitting him in the back. The suspect
was subsequently apprehended and arrested.
- Two males and a female were arrested for retail theft at the Kmart
department store on the 7100 block of Roosevelt Blvd. at 7 p.m. on Oct.
1.
- A home on the 3400 block of Aldine St. was burglarized at noon
on Oct. 2.
- A male was arrested for retail theft at the Thriftway supermarket
on the 5100 block of Frankford Ave. at 1:20 p.m. on Oct. 2.
- Someone broke into Arco Sales Co. on the 2200 block of Wakeling
St. between 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 and 7:15 a.m. on Oct. 3. The phone and
alarm wires were cut.
- A female was arrested after punching another female in the face
and robbing her on the 4600 block of Frankford Ave. at 1 p.m. on Oct.
3.
- A home on the 5200 block of Sylvester St. was burglarized between
10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Oct. 3.
- A home on the 7100 block of Keystone St. was burglarized between
11:30 p.m. on Oct. 3 and 8 a.m. on Oct. 4.
- Three females punched another female in the face and took her purse
on the 4700 block of Tackawanna St. at 11 a.m. on Oct. 4.
- A male was arrested for retail theft at the Rite-Aid on the 4000
block of Cottman Ave. at 2 p.m. on Oct. 4.
- A home on the 5400 block of Hawthorne St. was broken into between
Oct. 4 and 6.
- A male was arrested after he took a purse from a home on the 6600
block of Keystone St. at 11:26 p.m. on Oct. 5.
- A male and a female were arrested for two burglaries on the 7000
block of Ditman St. on Oct. 5.
- An apartment on the 6600 block of Marsden St. was burglarized on
Oct. 5.
- A safe was taken from a home on the 7000 block of Gillespie St.
between 10 p.m. on Oct. 5 and 10:20 a.m. on Oct. 6.
- A male robbed someone on the 5000 block of Penn St. at 6:20 p.m.
on Oct. 6.
- Three males robbed someone on the 5700 block of Large St. at 2:35
p.m. on Oct. 6.
- A male robbed someone at gunpoint on the 4900 block of Magee St.
at 9:40 p.m. on Oct. 6.
- The Steak and Hoagie Works on the 6800 block of Frankford Ave.
was burglarized on Oct. 6.
- A male took a television from his ex-girlfriend's home on the 7100
block of Walker St. on Oct. 6.
- A male snatched a purse from someone on the 2900 block of Cottman
Ave. between 8:30 and 9 p.m. on Oct. 7.
- An office at Electrical Contractor on the 1000 block of Arrott
St. was ransacked and burglarized between Oct. 7 and 11.
- Two teenage males robbed someone at gunpoint on the 5200 block
of Bridge St. at 4 p.m. on Oct. 8.
- Someone robbed a teenager on the 6200 block of Torresdale Ave.
at 8:45 p.m. on Oct. 8.
- A home on the 6600 block of Marsden was vandalized and burglarized
between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 8.
- A male snatched a chain from a female on the 6400 block of Harbison
Ave. at 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 8.
- The garage of a home on the 4400 block of Belgrade St. was burglarized
on Oct. 8.
- An apartment on the 3200 block of Ryan Ave. was burglarized between
1 and 5 p.m. on Oct. 8.
- An apartment on the 4700 block of Leiper St. was burglarized between
11 p.m. on Oct. 8 and 12:50 p.m. on Oct. 9.
- A home on the 3000 block of Unruh St. was burglarized between 10
a.m. and 12:15 p.m. on Oct. 9.
- A male snatched a purse from a female on the El while it was stopped
at the Church Street station at 10:25 p.m. on Oct. 9.
- Three males robbed Ruggeri's Bar on the 4700 block of Penn St.
at 9:50 p.m. on Oct. 9. The suspects also robbed the patrons of the
bar.
- A male robbed someone at gunpoint on the 1600 block of Wakeling
St. at 9:15 p.m. on Oct. 9.
- A home on the 4200 block of Orchard St. was burglarized between
Oct. 9 and 10.
- Clarke's Auto Sales on the 4000 block of Orchard St. was burglarized
between Oct. 9 and 10.
- A male threw a female to the ground and took her purse on the 5000
block of F St. at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
- A male robbed someone on the 7700 block of Frankford Ave. at 9:10
p.m. on Oct. 10.
- A home on the 4500 block of Bleigh St. was burglarized between
6 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 10.
- A home on the 7200 block of Walker St. was burglarized between
8 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Oct. 10.
- A male pulled a knife and robbed a store on the 4300 block of Richmond
St. at 4:40 a.m. on Oct. 11.
- Seven teenage males took a bike from someone on the 1000 block
of Haworth St. at 5:45 p.m. on Oct. 11.
- An unknown male was seen running out the rear door of a home on
the 1600 block of Howell St. at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 11.
- St. Leo's School on the 6600 block of Tulip St. was burglarized
between 5 p.m. on Oct. 3 and 7 a.m. on Oct. 4.
- In the 15th district, 45 vehicles were reported stolen between
Sept. 23 and Oct. 11.