Crime & Safety

VIDEO: Brazen Burglar Breaks Into Vehicles Near Police Station

The vehicle burglaries happened last week at the Chews Landing Road ShopRite.

Police on Tuesday released information regarding a series of unreported vehicle burglaries in the shopping lot at the Chews Landing Road ShopRite last week.

Gloucester Township Police also posted surveillance video of the suspect burglarizing the vehicles on the department's YouTube page.

The unidentified man targeted unlocked vehicles, according to police, but no victims had come forward as of Tuesday evening.

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Police say the suspect, who was labeled possibly Hispanic in a Gloucester Township Police "Crime Stoppers" press release, arrived at the parking lot around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 18, in a tan 1995 to 2001 Chevrolet Blazer. The SUV (see photo to the right) had a white sticker on the lower right corner of its rear window and a black roof rack.

The suspect was wearing a white T-shirt, a gray, hooded sweatshirt, and dark pants with large, white stripes on the sides at the time of the burglaries.

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The surveillance video shows the suspect leaning against the back of the SUV for several minutes as other shoppers pull into parking stalls. It then shows him entering a series of vehicles, including the trunks of two.

The suspect fled on foot when a shopper approached him. He ran around the back of the store, taking off his sweatshirt, before returning to the Blazer and driving away.

If you were shopping at the Chews Landing Road Shop Rite on April 18 between 10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., and believe the suspect may have entered your vehicle, call police dispatch at 856-228-4500.

Police ask that anyone with information about the burglaries or who can identify the suspect in the video call the anonymous crime tip line at 856-842-5560 or police dispatch, or send an email to police@gtpolice.com.

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