Suspected Burglar Goes to Great Heights to Flee Police

A Lindenwold man took to the air in an effort to avoid arrest after an officer interrupted a burglary attempt, according to Gloucester Township Police.

Thomas Kemble, 36, cut a second-story window and jumped from the garage of the home he was allegedly attempting to burglarize. A police officer, responding to an alarm, reportedly found Kemble in the Innsbruck Drive home Wednesday before 1 p.m.

The officer witnessed Kemble, apparently spooked by the police arrival, cut the window screen and jump from the garage. The officer arrested Kemble in the driveway. Neither was hurt in the escape attempt.

Gloucester Township Police say Kemble, of Blackwood Clementon Road, Lindenwold, was placing items into a bag before he was discovered. He was charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal attempted theft and third-degree criminal mischief.

Kemble was previously convicted of burglary in April 2012. He was sentenced to six months in an alcohol and drug treatment facility and five years probation, according to state records. 

Kemble's current windows are jump-proof—he’s being held at Camden County Jail on $50,000 bail.