Suspicious Teen in House Mystery Solved

The mystery of an unidentified male high school student who walked into a home in Berwyn before turning around and walking out has been solved.  Easttown Police say it was an unusual incident that turned out to be a genuine misunderstanding.

Easttown Police tell TE Patch "we have identified the suspect from the Berwyn Avenue incident. The juvenile and his mother saw the article online last night and called us right away. We have spoken to numerous persons about this and believe it was simply the juvenile walking into the wrong home. The house he was looking for was further down the street and was similar looking on the outside. We do not suspect the juvenile of any crimes. The case is closed."

The incident first came to the attention of police on Friday.  Easttown Police told Patch that on Friday about 3 p.m. the man pictured in the original article  walked into a home in the 600 block of Berwyn Avenue. Police say "when the subject was confronted by a homeowner in the kitchen the subject stated 'oh my bad as if he had the wrong house. The (man)exited the home and climbed into the passenger side of the vehicle pictured here."

Police tell Patch that the high school student was looking for a home down the street and simply got the wrong address.

Police credit the homeowners in the home the teen walked into with quick thinking for taking cell phone photos of the student and his car.  Police say those photos posted on TE Patch are what prompted the subject of the search to contact authorities and clear up what happened, leading to the case being closed.

Editor's Note: Because the case is now closed and police say no crime was committed we are not posting the photo of the teen who was at the center of the search.