Police Briefs

Abington

BAD CHECKS » Linda M. Miles, 47, of Thomson Road, Roslyn, has been charged with bad checks in connection with a Jan. 29 incident in the 1400 block of Thomson, police said.

DUI » Michel Joseph, 35, of North Eighth Street, Philadelphia, has been charged with driving under the influence and careless driving following a traffic stop April 21 in the 200 block of Cedar Road, Elkins Park, police said.

ASSAULT » Jamie SeroTyree Morton, 25, of Arnold Avenue, Willow Grove, has been charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, resisting arrest and harassment in connection with a May 17 incident in the 1600 block of Arnold, police said.

ASSAULT » Birgit Johansson, 86, of Wunderland Road, Roslyn, was charged June 8 with simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, defiant trespass and harassment following an incident in the 1200 block of Wunderland, police said.

RETAIL THEFT » Wilmarie Marchan, 26, of Reading, Pa., was charged June 11 with retail theft and receiving stolen property at Old Navy in Willow Grove, police said.

RETAIL THEFT » Devon Flippen, 35, of Sprague Street, Philadelphia, was charged June 12 with retail theft and receiving stolen property at Macy’s in the Willow Grove Park mall, police said.

Cheltenham

RETAIL THEFT » Latanya Smith, 43, of no fixed address, was charged with retail theft June 11 after taking $156.64 in goods from Walmart, 1000 S. Easton Road, at 8:30 a.m., police said.

RETAIL THEFT » A black male with a light complexion in his 40s or 50s, about 6-feet, 1-inch tall, medium build, wearing a silver and black baseball hat, navy shirt and navy pants, stole an unknown number of cases of baby formula at 9:27 a.m. June 11 from Fresh Grocer, 1000 S. Eaton Road, and fled, police said.

FRAUD » Wells Fargo Bank, 161 S. Easton Road, called police at 1:31 p.m. June 11 after a female customer attempted to wire transfer $7,000 to India and had previously withdrawn $4,000 to buy Walmart gift cards and send them to MS Network Support Group, police said.

TRESPASSING » Darnell Dorsey, 22, of the 3300 block of North Second Street, Philadelphia, was cited for defiant trespass at 2:39 p.m. June 11 at the Breyer Estates, 100 bock of Breyer Drive, police said.

RETAIL THEFT » David Burton, 51, of the 2400 block of North Corlies Street, Philadelphia, was charged with retail theft after taking $199 in goods from Home Depot, 7690 Washington Lane at 3:32 p.m. June 11, police said.

ASSAULT » Tiffany Gilliard, 22, of the 2800 block of Lincoln Avenue, Glenside, was charged with harassment and disorderly conduct after police responded at 4:17 p.m. June 11 to the 100 block of South Easton Road for a fight in progress between two females, police said.

AUTO STOLEN » A gray Toyota Tundra, PA license YWH2419, was reported stolen at 6:46 p.m. June 11 from in front of a home in the 1700 block of Erlen Road, police said.

THEFT » A lawn mower and hand truck were reported missing June 11 from a shed at a home in the 1200 block of Stratford Avenue, police said.

RETAIL THEFT » A 14-yearold male of the 2600 block of 69th Street, Philadelphia, was cited for retail theft at 3:45 p.m. June 12 after taking items from Target, 2450 Shoppers Lane, police said.

AUTO STOLEN » A white, 2009 Nissan Altima, PA license GYE9442, was reported stolen at 4:54 p.m. June 12, from the 7300 block of Butcher Street, police said.

THEFT » A lawn mower and three bikes were reported stolen at 7:03 p.m. June 12 from the garage and shed of a home in the 1200 block of Stratford Avenue, police said.

THEFT » A resident of the 1900 block of Cheltenham Avenue reported June 12 that her cellphone was stolen, police said.

THEFT FROM VEHICLE » A wallet containing a driver’s license, credit cards, Social Security card and $35 cash was reported stolen at 6:40 a.m. June 13 from a vehicle in the 7600 block of Brookfield Road, police said.

VEHICLE ENTERED » A vehicle was found ransacked at 7:13 a.m. June 13 in the 1100 block of Coventry Avenue, police said.

THEFT FROM VEHICLE » A purse containing $550 cash, credit cards and sunglasses was reported stolen at 8:23 a.m. June 13 from a vehicle in the 1100 block of Ashbourne Road, police said.

ASSAULT » A person reported at 10:12 a.m. June 13 being struck with a crowbar by an unknown male during an argument in the parking lot of Cedarbrook Plaza, 1000 S. Easton Road, police said.

RETAIL THEFT » Timothy Jones, 27, of the 2000 block of West Master Street, Philadelphia, was charged with retail theft after taking $280.95 in goods from Target, 2450 Shoppers Lane, at 12:43 p.m. June 13, police said.

ID THEFT » A resident reported June 13 that the victim’s personal information was used to open several fraudulent credit union accounts, police said.

VEHICLE ENTERED » An unlocked vehicle in the 7600 block of Oak Lane Road was reported entered June 13, but nothing was taken, police said.

ID THEFT » A resident reported June 13 numerous fraudulent online purchases were made using the victim’s credit card information, police said.

FRAUD » A resident reported June 13 that unauthorized charges were made to the victim’s credit card account, police said.

RETAIL THEFT » Lanae Cuffee, 20, of the 300 block of West Berkley Street, Philadelphia, was charged with retail theft after taking $147.10 in goods from Walmart, 1000 S. Easton Road, at 2:04 p.m. June 13, police said.

ROBBERY » A resident of the 1000 block of Sharpless Road was robbed and carjacked at 2:58 p.m. June 13 in the driveway of the victim’s home, police said. Two thin, black males, late 20s to early 30s, one 6-feet tall, the other 6-feet, 4-inches tall, jumped the victim and robbed him of his wallet and cellphone and stole his white, 2017 Lincoln MKZ, PA license GRY2577, police said.

THEFT FROM VEHICLE » A red Gucci bag containing a smaller black bag with the victim’s identification, $300 Walmart gift card and about $2,000 was stolen from a vehicle broken into between 6 and 7 p.m. June 13 on Tookany Creek Parkway at Central Avenue, police said.

ID THEFT » A resident reported June 13 that a fraudulent credit card was opened in the victim’s name and charged $792.43 between March and October 2016, police said. The victim learned of the charges after being sued, police said.

THEFT » A woman reported her wallet was stolen at 8:58 a.m. June 14 after she helped a woman with her disabled vehicle at Rite Aid, 1401 W. Cheltenham Ave., police said.

RETAIL THEFT » Omar Smith, 23, of the 2500 block of North 31st Street, Philadelphia, was cited for retail theft at 1:32 p.m. June 14 after taking $114 in goods from Marshall’s, 2401 W. Cheltenham Ave., police said.

RETAIL THEFT » A black male in his 40s wearing tan shorts and a light blue shirt stole a bottle of Vox vodka from Wine & Spirits, 103 W. Cheltenham Ave., at 2:52 p.m. June 14, police said.

FRAUD » A resident reported June 14 being scammed after responding to an online job from someone falsely claiming to be from Capital Group Co., police said. The victim was sent a check for $4,361.10 and instructed to send $1,500 through Walmart and $500 in Apple gift cards and realized it was a scam after calling Capital Group, police said.

THEFT FROM VEHICLE » About $10 in change was reported stolen overnight June 13 from an unlocked vehicle in the 3200 block of High Avenue, police said. FRAUD » A resident reported June 14 paying $4,995 for six months’ rent for an apartment she found on Craigslist in Providence, R.I., which she later discovered was not for rent and the person paid the money could not be located, police said.

THEFT » A package containing an Apple watch valued at $150 was reported stolen at 6:21 p.m. June 14 from outside a residence in the 2000 block of North John Russell Circle, police said.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT » Nathan Alston, 19, of the 7300 block of Keenan Street, Elkins Park; and Ryan Dixon, 19, of the 7700 block of Penrose Avenue, Elkins Park, were cited for disorderly conduct after they were found trespassing at 2:06 a.m. June 16 at the LaMott Community Center, 7420 Sycamore Ave., and each had a small amount of marijuana in this possession, police said.

RETAIL THEFT » A woman stole $74 worth of goods from Walmart, 1000 S. Easton Road, at 11:39 a.m. June 16 and left in a Buick LeSabre, police said.

ROBBERY » A resident of the unit block of Lanfair Road reported June 16 that two black males in their early 20s, 5-feet 10-inches and 6-feet tall, wearing black clothing, stole his wallet from his pocket while he was cutting the grass at 2:20 p.m. and then ran toward Cheltenham Avenue, police said.

RETAIL THEFT » Keisha Newman, 47, of the 1600 block of East McPherson Street, Philadelphia, was charged with retail theft after attempting to take $145.69 in goods from Fresh Grocer, 1000 S. Easton Road, at 4:58 p.m. June 17, police said.

TRESPASSSING » Travonne Robinson, 31, of the 7700 block of Lansdowne Avenue, Philadelphia, was charged with trespassing after officers were called to Wawa, 8250 Limekiln Pike, at 8:05 p.m. June 17, where Robinson was panhandling and refused to leave the property, police said. Robinson had previously been warned for the same thing, police said.