5th District: Wedding bands stolen from Lemonte Street home

5th Police District Crime Blotter March 14 – March 27

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300 block Lemonte St. – three silver and gold wedding bands, two iPods, a digital camera and $50 stolen from the property. Complainant said the items were taken from a lockbox between 3 to 10 p.m. March 16.

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March 14, 2011

6100 block Ridge Ave. – complainant said someone snatched her pocketbook and fled down the street at around 7 p.m., March 12.

March 16, 2011

4300 block Silverwood St. – 2004 Jeep Liberty stolen between 9 p.m. March 15 and 7 a.m. March 16.

300 block Lemonte St. – three silver and gold wedding bands, two iPods, a digital camera and $50 stolen from the property. Complainant said the items were taken from a lockbox between 3 to 10 p.m. March 16.

March 17, 2011

500 block Seville St. – 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee containing a baby seat, stroller and CDs was stolen. Complainant said the car was taken between 9:30 p.m. March 16 and 7:30 a.m. March 17.

100 block Dupont St. – four tires with rims stolen from a 2006 Honda Accord between 7:30 p.m. March 16 and 8:30 a.m. March 17. Complainant said the car was left resting on crates.

March 18, 2011

300 block Leverington Ave. – eight tires and rims stolen from two Honda Accords. The incidents occurred between 6:30 p.m. March 17 and 8 a.m. March 18.

500 block Port Royal Avenue – CVS store manager said that someone walked out with a store-issued basket filled with Crest whitening strips at around 3:15 p.m. March 18.

March 19, 2011

400 block Roxborough Ave. – 1995 Acura Integra stolen between 7 p.m. March 18 and 12:30 p.m. March 19.

500 block Livezey Lane – 10 metal forms stolen, recovered from a construction site. Police responded to the location where they found the items loaded on the offender’s truck. The man was arrested after the site manager told police he wasn’t authorized to take the items.

March 20, 2011

400 block Markle St.  – two men stole more than 45 cartons of cigarettes from M&M market at around 1:20 p.m. March 20.  The store’s owner said the two offenders were hired to paint the shop. A store surveillance camera was on at the time of the incident.

100 Levering St. / Main St. – complainant said someone hit him in the head with a skateboard during a fight at around 6:15 p.m., March 20. Complainant suffered a gash to the left side of his head and briefly lost consciousness. Complainant was taken to the hospital.

March 21, 2011

4100 block Main St. – complainant said someone punched him above the eye while inside the “Manayunk Brew Pub” at around 11:45 p.m. March 19. Complainant went to the hospital, where he received four stitches.

100 block Leverington Ave. – two purses were stolen from a 2005 Toyota Tundra between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. March 20. Offender made off with two Home Depot cards, two Sears cards, TJ Maxx card and a checkbook. Complainant said two personal checks were made out to “self” for $450 and cashed at Citizens Bank.

400 block Lyceum Ave. – Cannon Rebel camera and a vehicle registration stolen from a 2010 Toyota between 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. March 18.

March 21, 2011

3900 block Pechin St. – bike stolen from a driveway.

200 block Salaignac St. – four Comcast cable boxes and two remotes stolen from the property at around 11:45 a.m. March 21. Complainant said she saw a man outside her apartment door who said he was a maintenance man and that he had entered her place to check why it was empty. Complainant later realized the items were missing from her bedroom closet. The offender had already fled the scene.

4100 block Pechin St. – motorcycle stolen between 1 p.m. March 17 and 2 p.m. March 20. Complainant said he left the bike at the location to be repaired.

200 block Roxborough Ave. – metal porch swing stolen from the property between 12:30-4:55 a.m. March 21.

March 22, 2011

4400 block Manayunk Ave. – 1997 Chrysler Concord stolen between 8 a.m. March 21 and 1 p.m. March 22.

5600 block Ridge Ave/ Shurs Lane – complainant said that someone snatched her purse from off of her shoulder as she was getting off a Route 65 SEPTA bus. The incident occurred at around 5 p.m. March 22.

March 23, 2011

500 block Monastery Ave. – complainant said someone entered his home between 6:30 p.m. March 22 and 4 p.m. March 23 and stole $250 worth of change from a plastic jar. He said he left an upstairs window unlocked.

700 block Cathedral Road – 2003 Toyota Highlander containing a set of golf clubs, a Tom-Tom GPS and several CDs was stolen between 6-6:30 p.m. March 23. The car was later recovered on March 25 with interior and exterior damage.

March 24, 2011

200 block Salaignac St. – Cannon printer, Compaq computer, 21” computer monitor, 21” Sylvania TV and a Panasonic DVD player stolen from the property. Complainant said someone forced the front door open between 10:30 a.m. March 23 and 12:15 a.m. March 24.

3700 block Main St. – several Dove, Eucerin and Secret products stolen from a CVS just after 10:57 a.m. March 12. A store manager said she discovered the incident while watching surveillance tape. She said she also saw the same offender steal merchandise at around 3:30 p.m. March 20.

March 25, 2011

4200 block Main St. – complainant said someone stole her Apple iPhone and a Liz Claiborne wallet containing various credit cards and $40 while she was eating at Bella Trattoria restaurant. She said the items were in her purse and that they were taken sometime around 10:30 p.m. March 25.

600 block Keely Court – aluminum wall form stolen from a construction site. A site manager said a witness talked to three men, who then loaded the item onto a red pickup truck.

March 26, 2011

4000 block Main St. – complainant said someone threw him to the ground at around 2 a.m. March 26, causing him to chip two front teeth.

400 block Monastery Ave. – 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix stolen between 12-9 a.m. March 26.

March 27, 2011

Leverington Ave. – two loads of clothing stolen from the laundry area of an apartment building between 4 to 5 p.m. March 20. Complainant estimates the items to be worth a total of $900.

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