Crime & Safety
Police: Theft from Auto Along Schuylkill River Trail
The theft was reported at the Pawlings Road and Route 422 trail head.
Lower Providence Police reported that a parked vehicle at the Pawlings Road and Route 422 parking lot of the Schuylkill River trailhead was broken into on Sept. 4.
Police were dispatched at 7:39 a.m., when a victim from Phoenixville reported that the window of her vehicle had been smashed out with a rock. The victim told police that she had gone for her usual walk along the trail’s bike path at approximately 6:20 a.m.
Upon her return, she discovered her black leather purse missing from her passenger seat. A large rock was laying on her driver’s front seat, which police think was used to break the passenger side window.
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According to the victim, her purse contained her ID card, post office box key, E-Z Pass, Android charger and an Android tablet, all of which totaled to an estimated $150.
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