Trio of Burglaries in Lower Merion, Police Report

Lower Merion Police are investigating a trio of burglaries that occurred in the township in the last week, the department told reporters at a recent briefing. Charges are yet to be filed in each crime.

• On May 12, police said a home on the 10 block of Upland Terrace in Bala Cynwyd was burglarized sometime between Friday at 3:15 p.m. and Sunday at 5:41 p.m. According to the department, the residents returned home from a weekend away to find their rear door open. There was no sign of a forced entry. The victims discovered that the master bedroom had been ransacked and two pieces of jewelry were missing. The victims told police that the house was locked when they left.
• On May 7, police said copper piping and some hearing radiators were stolen from a vacant property on the unit block of Overbrook Parkway. The executor of the estate told police that the house is for sale, but that there is no security alarm on the property. A neighborhood check was conducted, during which a resident of Roland Road told police that she saw an approximately 60-year-old man, short and scruffy, wandering around the property.
• On May 6, a family on the 200 block of Broughton Lane in Villanova discovered that jewelry and personal affects—including tickets to the Devon Horse Show—had been stolen from their home while they were away. The break-in was discovered by the family’s housekeeper, who saw that a rear door had been pried open and called 911. Police arrived and found that the master bedroom had been plundered. Police performed a neighborhood search, which was unfruitful.