Police looking for Hiltop deck burglar
Thief sought something specific, officers believe
Doylestown Officer Greg Sowl dusts for prints on the sliding glass door of a burglarized Hilltop Drive house. Photo courtesy of the DOYLESTOWN
DOYLESTOWN – Police are looking for whoever made a ladder of plastic chairs, scaled a deck, and pried a way into a Hilltop Drive house May 23.
According to Doylestown Police Lt. Kevin Milburn, the owner returned to find that a sliding door opening onto the deck would not latch and called the police. Officers found pry marks outside the door and noticed that plastic chairs on the ground had been stacked, presumably into a makeshift ladder.
“Whoever it was only went into one room,” Milburn said. “There didn’t appear to be anything taken.”
Milburn said the burglar bypassed several commonly stolen items, like the television, and apparently made a beeline for the room in question.
“They seem to have been looking for something specific,” Milburn said.
Milburn said Officer Greg Sowel was able to get fresh fingerprints from the scene, which were sent for analysis.
According to Doylestown Police Lt. Kevin Milburn, the owner returned to find that a sliding door opening onto the deck would not latch and called the police. Officers found pry marks outside the door and noticed that plastic chairs on the ground had been stacked, presumably into a makeshift ladder.
“Whoever it was only went into one room,” Milburn said. “There didn’t appear to be anything taken.”
Milburn said the burglar bypassed several commonly stolen items, like the television, and apparently made a beeline for the room in question.
“They seem to have been looking for something specific,” Milburn said.
Milburn said Officer Greg Sowel was able to get fresh fingerprints from the scene, which were sent for analysis.