Crime & Safety

Another Burglary in Doylestown Township

The house on Edison-Furlong Road is at least the eighth township home burglarized since November.

Doylestown Township police on Monday said they are investigating yet another residential burglary, this time of an unoccupied home on Edison-Furlong Road.

Police were called to a house in the 300 block of Edison-Furlong Road on Wednesday, Jan. 12. They discovered that thieves had broken a window in the back of the house to get inside.

No one was home at the time, police said.

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The burglars made off with a television and a computer, police said.

This is at least the eighth Doylestown Township home burglarized since late November. The others include:

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  • Nov. 20 or 21: 100 block of Pine Mill Circle; and 100 block of Windsong Drive
  • Nov. 22 or 23: Valley View Drive
  • Nov. 19 – 23: 100 block of Windsong Drive
  • Dec. 3 – 8: 2 digit block of Valley Green Drive
  • Dec. 8: 600 block of East Swamp Road
  • Dec. 31 - Jan. 1: 2-digit block of Water Crest Drive

"Obviously, the township's been targeted by a group of burglars," Police Chief Stephen White said in December.

Police are again asking all residents to stay alert at night for strangers in their neighborhoods. All of the burglaries have occurred overnight, according to police.

Call police immediately if you spot anything suspicious. Three teens recently were caught in the act of neighborhood, when a resident who spotted them called police right away.


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