Suspects sought for multiple thefts from vehicles in Upper Chichester: police

Suspects sought in series of car break-ins in Upper Chichester

Upper Chichester Police is calling on residents near the Meetinghouse Park apartments area to send over and tips or videos of those responsible for a series of car break-ins over the weekend.

UPPER CHICHESTER, Pa. - The Upper Chichester Police needs the public's help to identify individuals in connection with multiple thefts from vehicles. 

What we know:

On Sunday, November 16, during the early morning hours, police say several vehicles were targeted in the Meetinghouse Park apartments area, as well as along Meetinghouse Road and Bridge Road. 

What they're saying:

FOX 29 was given surveillance footage from residents that showed the two unidentified perpetrators caught on camera breaking into vehicle after vehicle early Sunday. 

"My neighbor woke me up because we have the Ring doorbell, and she said that there were people out there breaking into cars," said Randy Gregory, a resident of one of the buildings. "And they actually had flashlights going, looking through people’s stuff."

Randy's wife gave FOX 29 Ring camera footage, in which, just after 3 a.m. Sunday, you can see a person in black with a white undershirt scanning a car and looking inside with a flashlight.

"I actually left my keys in the car this time overnight accidentally, the first time I ever did it, and they actually walked past my car. Thank God," said Gregory. "But they were flash lighting all the other cars."

Gregory said this isn’t a first for this location, and says he bought a new car because his old car was vandalized.

Another resident on the property didn't want to go on camera but gave us access to his Sunday morning surveillance footage. He said this is the second time since July his camera was there to catch incidents.

The man's fiancé says his car got broken into this time but isn't seen on camera. Everything once in the glove box was on the seat — that's how they knew.

"Stay out of my car, stay out of people’s cars, get a job," said Gregory. " People come here, they work for a living to have nice stuff and you have people like that that are taking advantage of people, hard working people."

A resident showed FOX 29 an email notice sent to those living on the property. 

It says, in part, "We have also learned that communities close to Meetinghouse also experienced similar car break-ins as well. While we are in touch with local authorities and our security monitoring service Signal, we want to ensure all residents take the proper steps to protect their vehicles and personal belongings."

What you can do:

If you recognize the individuals above, have any information or have any additional video footage from the area, please contact Detective Keith, 610-485-8400 extension 453.