Man Nabbed in String of Burglaries, Police Say

Written by Jack Tobias

A man accused of taking almost $8,200 in computers, electronics, jewelry and cash from two Bushkill Township homes last month is also facing burglary charges in Moore Township and Northampton borough.

Allen Thomas Navilliat, 28, was in Northampton County Prison in lieu of a combined $300,000 bail -- $50,000 for the Bushkill Township burglaries, $100,000 in the Moore Township case and $150,000 in the Northampton case, court records say.

The records say Bushkill Township police tied Navilliat to the burglaries with the help of marks left on sliding glass doors by a pry bar, a sneaker print from one of the homes, and a red Aeropostale sweatshirt belonging to Navilliat.

They also got help from Moore and Northampton police investigating burglaries allegedly committed by Navilliat and from Navilliat’s parole officer.

The Bushkill homes that Navilliat is accused of burglarizing are close to each other and down the road from his residence–700 Cherry Hill Road. The homes are on the 500 block of Cherry Hill Road and the 600 block of Creamery Road.

Navilliat also has been living at 122 N. 11th St., Allentown, the records say.

Items taken from the Bushkill homes ranged from a 50-inch plasma television valued at $1,500 and $1,900 in cash from a jewelry box to a gift-wrapped metal ice bucket with a bow valued at $40 and a black tote bag valued at $27 bearing the name Delaware Valley College of Doylestown.

Property damage was set at $2,500 at the Cherry Hill Road home and $2,438 at the Creamery Road home.

Navilliat was arraigned in the Moore case on July 2, the Bushkill incidents on Monday, and the Northampton case June 27.

Bushkill police learned of the Cherry Hill Road burglary on June 3, when they were told the home was entered and about $6,200 in items were taken.

Det. Randy R. Knauss, who filed a criminal complaint, said he spotted the pry bar marks on the home’s rear sliding-glass doors. He also found a print from a Nike sneaker on the kitchen floor. The print matched the sneakers Navilliat was wearing when Knauss confronted him two days later at a parole hearing, the records say.

In addition to the Panasonic plasma television and the $1,900 in cash, other items missing from the home included:

—$940 in jewelry.

—An Apple iPad valued at $600.

—Two Apple iPods valued at $150 and $130.

—A Dell laptop valued at $500.

—A Wii video game system valued at $250.

The complaint also says:

—On June 4, Knauss spoke to Moore police and told them about the tool marks, sneaker print, and a car a white 2006 Mercury sedan–that a witness had seen parked in front of the home’s garage door for 10 to 15 minutes between 8:30 and 9 a.m. on June 3.

—Moore police showed Knauss a photo of a man taken by a trail camera at the scene of an attempted burglary. They also showed him a sneaker print from the scene. Knauss was able to identify the man in the photo as Navilliat and match the sneaker prints.

—On June 5, Navilliat was scheduled to meet with his parole officer. Knauss and a Moore officer also were there. Navilliat refused to speak to police, but Knauss was able to match the prints of the sneakers Navilliat was wearing with the prints from the Bushkill and Moore scenes.

—Armed with a search warrant, police found a pry bar in Navilliat’s car. The bar’s marks matched those from the Cherry Hill Road sliding glass doors.

—A Northampton detective arrived at the parole hearing and provided a photo of Navilliat–a “balding male” wearing a red Aeropostale sweatshirt. Knauss found the sweatshirt in a laundry bag in Navilliat’s car.

—Later on June 5, a woman who lives on the 600 block of Creamery Road and had been out of town for a few days reported a burglary at her house. As at the Cherry Hill Road home, entrance was gained through the rear sliding-glass doors. Knauss found pry bar marks matching those from the bar itself and the Cherry Hill Road home.

—In addition to the ice bucket and Delaware Valley College tote bag, missing items included a Gateway laptop and charger valued at $800, a 32-inch Sony television valued at $530 and a $60 firebox that contained the woman’s birth certificate, house deed and her parents’ estate papers, among other items.

In the Bushkill Township cases, Navilliat was charged with two counts each of burglary, criminal trespass, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property, and a single count of possessing instruments of crime.

In the Moore and Northampton cases, he also was charged with burglary as well as counts of criminal attempt-burglary and criminal trespass, according to online court records.