Police: Five Thefts from Auto in Wynnewood Last Week

Lower Merion police said that five separate thefts from auto occurred in Wynnewood last week, in a media briefing on Monday.

According to reports the department provided Patch, sometime overnight between April 3 and 4, a portable DVD player valued at $125 was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on the 1500 block of Brinton Park Drive in Wynnewood. That same evening, a GPS and a cell phone cord were stolen from an unlocked car on the 500 block of Glen Arbor Road in Wynnewood. The value of the stolen items was about $150, police said.

Two nights later, a similar string of thefts occurred. Police said that about $40 was stolen from an unlocked car on the 500 block of Parkview Drive in Wynnewood and a green iPod Nano was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on the 400 block of Shortridge Drive in Wynnewood overnight between April 5 and April 6. Additionally, a child’s diaper bag and loose change from center consoles were stolen from two cars parked in a driveway on the 400 block of Shortridge Drive in Wynnewood overnight between April 5 and April 6.

Police gave no indication of a connection between the crimes.