Crime & Safety

OMG PD: Caught Crawling in the Window

Check out these unusual police stories from around the Greater Philadelphia Area.

He Must Have Really Needed to see Joe: Imagine this: you are sitting at home and you hear someone knocking at the door. Thinking it a salesman, you let it go. A few minutes later, you get up and see a total stranger trying to crawl through your kitchen window.

That's exactly what happened to one Marple Township woman, according to this report from Marple-Newtown Patch. The unidentified man allegedly said he thought he was at his friend Joe's house. Considering that he felt comfortable climbing in through the window, he and Joe must be close. Read the full story here.

Invisible Driver: I don't have the stats to back this up, but I'd wager that most car collisions are between two moving cars with two drivers. Other times, like in this report from Marple-Newtown, a collision happens between two moving cars and one driver. Get the full story here.

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High Cholesterol Theft: According to a report from Roxborough Patch, a woman was seen stealing two FedEx packages from a neighbor's porch. I can't know for sure what the alleged thief was hoping to find in those boxes, but it probably wasn't two pacemakers. Get the full story here.


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