Thieves Target Unlocked Doylestown Twp Cars

The "a**holes" are at it again.

Earlier this week, an unknown thief or thieves made the rounds through a Doylestown Township neighborhood, hitting several unlocked cars.

It was the same m.o. as in another Doylestown Township neighborhood, said police chief Stephen White.

"When we arrested the juveniles in January, they were very adamant that people do this all the time," White said Thursday. "They call it 'assholing,' or going from car to car in rich neighborhoods, stealing from the 'assholes.'"

Whatever they call it, the police call it theft. Here are the locations where the vehicles - all of them reportedly unlocked - were burglarized in the neighborhood off of Old Dublin Pike:

• The 2 digit block of Piccadilly Circle; $300 cash and two credit cards were stolen from an unlocked vehicle overnight.
• The 2 digit block of Piccadilly Circle; vehicle had been entered, but nothing was reported stolen.
• The 2 digit block of Trafalgar Road; vehicle had been entered, but nothing was reported stolen.
• The 2 digit block of Abbey Circle; a DVD player valued at $200 was reported stolen.
• The 2 digit block of Abbey Circle; vehicle had been entered and a door left ajar, but nothing was reported stolen.
• The 3-digit block of Queensbury Place; $2 in change was stolen.

The thefts are believed to have occurred overnight Monday or Tuesday and were reported to police shortly before 7 a.m. on Tuesday, March 22.

White said there is no reason to believe that these burglaries are connected to a from unlocked cars and homes that began in November.

"This is in the Charing Cross development, not far from Pine Mill Circle where the other ones happened, but I don't necessarily think it's connected with the previous instances," White said. "It could be anybody."

"But again, people just have to lock their cars. I've been saying this  for - it's hard to believe - for almost 30 years. Just lock your cars."