Police Blotter: Two Men Arrested in 15 Thefts from Cars

Police believe the two men arrested Friday morning for vehicle thefts targeted as many as 15 vehicles in several areas of the township the previous night.

After a driver called police from Conshohocken State Road in Penn Valley about 6:15 a.m. Friday, reporting two suspicious men walking along the road, officers located and arrested Philadelphia residents Justin Jones, 21, and Andre Watson, 20, police said.

The two men were carrying bags containing items that were later returned to more than a dozen residents who complained their cars were broken into, police said. Jones and Watson were jailed in lieu of $25,000 bail.

Vehicles were in the past week targeted in Bala Cynwyd, Penn Valley and Merion Station and were relieved of electronic devices, money, handbags and hockey equipment, among other valuables.

Also in the past week, police reported the following incidents in the Ardmore area:

• A $1,300 laptop was detached from its cart at Lankenau Hospital and stolen between Feb. 16 and Feb. 18.
• The resident of an apartment on the 100 block of Lakeside Road in Wynnewood was in the bathroom when he heard strange noises about 1:20 p.m. Friday. He came out to find a laptop computer and two bottles of Jack Daniel's missing. His roommate had left the door unlocked. Three hours later, police discovered that three local children had found the laptop discarded and muddy and taken it to the Apple store in Ardmore to be fixed.
• A home being renovated on the 300 block of Inwood Road in Ardmore was burglarized Feb. 17-18 of more than $1,500 in materials and tools, including a saw, cordless drill and several light fixtures. Someone had broken a living-room window with a brick to gain entry. A witness saw an unfamiliar red Chevrolet Cavalier in the area that night.