Police news from Abington, Cheltenham and Jenkintown

Abington

RETAIL THEFT >> A 42-year-old man of the 900 block of Easton Road, Roslyn, was charged with retail theft, receiving stolen property, public drunkenness and drugrelated charges, online court records show.

STOLEN PROPERTY >> A 57-year-old Philadelphia man was charged Sept. 3 with unauthorized use of an auto and a felony count of receiving stolen property, online court records show.

EXPOSURE >> A 21-year-old Willow Grove man was charged Sept. 3 with open lewdness and indecent exposure, online court records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> An 18-year-old Philadelphia man was charged Sept. 3 with retail theft, receiving stolen property and false ID to law enforcement, online court records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 37-year-old Philadelphia man was charged Sept. 2 with retail theft and receiving stolen property in connection with a May 23 incident, online court records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 29-year-old Philadelphia man was charged Sept. 2 with retail theft and receiving stolen property in connection with an Aug. 17 incident, online court records show. WEAPONS CHARGE >> Sameer Lucas, 24, of Philadelphia, was charged Sept. 1 with possession of a firearm with altered number, carrying a firearm without a license and drug-related and motor vehicle charges, online court records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 33-year-old Philadelphia man was charged Aug. 31 with retail theft and receiving stolen property, online court records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 50-year-old Philadelphia man was charged Sept. 12 with receiving stolen property and a felony charge of retail theft, online court records show. RETAIL THEFT >> A 31-year-old Philadelphia man was charged Sept. 10 with receiving stolen property, false ID to law enforcement and a felony count of retail theft, online court records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 23-year-old Philadelphia man was charged Sept. 9 with retail theft and receiving stolen property, online court records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 23-year-old Philadelphia man was charged Sept. 10 with retail theft and receiving stolen property, online court records show.

DRUG CHARGES >> Andrew H. Shiroff, 51, of Glenside, was charged Sept. 9 with manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and related charges, online court records show.

FORGERY >> Dejuan Smartt, 25, and Marven Phillips, 26, both of Brooklyn, Pa., were charged Sept. 8 with dealing in proceeds from unlawful activity, forgery, conspiracy, theft, possession of an instrument of crime, receiving stolen property and related charges, online court records show. STOLEN PROPERTY >> Jessica Grandoe, 24, of the 1300 block of North Broad Street, Philadelphia, was charged Sept. 5 with receiving stolen property and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, online court records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 37-year-old Philadelphia woman was charged Sept. 4 with retail theft and receiving stolen property, online court records show.

DRUG CHARGES >> Mekhi BassJohnson, 21, of Philadelphia, was charged Sept. 3 with manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and related charges, online court records show.

THEFT >> Gabriel Henrique-Goncalves, 18, of Philadelphia, was charged Aug. 30 with theft, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, receiving stolen property and criminal mischief, online court records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 44-year-old Philadelphia man was charged Aug. 31 with retail theft and receiving stolen property in connection with an Aug. 16 incident, online records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 33-year-old Cheltenham woman was charged Aug. 31 with felony counts of retail theft and receiving stolen property in connection with an Aug. 23 incident, online court records show.

Cheltenham

RETAIL THEFT >> Walgreens, 2727 Cheltenham Ave., reported at 9:27 p.m. Aug. 29 that a male stole $100 worth of goods, police said. AUTOS ENTERED >> Two vehicles in the 300 block of Oak Road were discovered by police at 4:58 a.m. Aug. 30 to have been entered and ransacked, police said.

THEFT >> An unlocked vehicle in the 300 block of Harrison Avenue was gone through overnight Aug. 29 and $40 cash was taken, police said. A second unlocked vehicle on the block had $20 taken, police said. An unlocked vehicle in the 200 block of Harrison was also reported entered, but it was unknown what was taken, police said.

RETAIL THEFT >> A male wearing a maroon shirt and blue jeans was seen taking a stack of jeans, valued at $300, from Old Navy, 2401 Cheltenham Ave., at 11:11 a.m. Aug. 30 and fleeing on foot, police said.

THEFT >> A vehicle in the 400 block of Rices Mill Road was found at 11:28 a.m. Aug. 30 with a window smashed and a wallet and iPhone 6 taken, police said.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 35-year-old man of the 4800 block of McKean Street, Philadelphia, was arrested at 2:56 p.m. Aug. 30 after attempting to take items from Home Depot, 7690 Washington Lane, and then calling police to retrieve a tablet he believed he left in the store, police said. He was charged with retail theft and receiving stolen property, police said. RETAIL THEFT >> Duwon Barnes, 44, of Philadelphia, was taken into custody at 6:36 p.m. Aug. 30 and charged with felony counts of retail theft and receiving stolen property, after taking $1,899 worth of goods from Home Depot, 7690 Washington Lane, police said.

CARJACKING >> A blue 2007 Toyota Highlander, PA tag GLR-8129, was stolen when the owner was carjacked in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven, 250 S. Easton Road, at 12:08 a.m. Aug. 31, police said. The victim reported three males, described as short and thin, two with guns, exited a silver crossover SUV and took his vehicle, after which both vehicles went south on Easton Road, police said. Investigation ongoing.

WEAPON >> Officers were called at 11:29 a.m. Aug. 31 to Cheltenham Avenue and 19th street, for a report of a male in a vehicle showing a gun to another motorist, police said. Investigation ongoing. THEFTS >> Two unlocked vehicles in the 400 block of Cottman Avenue were entered overnight Aug. 30 and had items taken from them, police said.

RETAIL THEFT >> A male stole a cartful of flowers at 3:26 p.m. Aug. 31 from Home Depot, 7690 Washington Lane, police said. THEFT >> A tool box valued at $4,000 was reported stolen from the bed of a truck in the 7600 block of Washington Lane at 4:16 p.m. Aug. 31, police said.

ID THEFT >> A resident reported Aug. 31 an attempt was made to open multiple credit cards in the victim’s name, police said. SHOOTING >> Two males were shot in the parking lot of the Towers at Wyncote in the 8400 block of Limekiln Pike at 2:21 a.m. Sept. 1, police said. One was shot in the side and the other in the hand, police said.

THEFT >> Items were reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle overnight Sept. 1 in the 7700 block of Wager Way, police said. THEFT >> A vehicle parked at Lynnewood Gardens was broken into overnight Aug. 31 and items taken from it, police said.

FRAUD >> A resident reported Sept. 1 a check was stolen and the information changed on it, police said. WARRANT >> Christopher Berry, 28, of the 4200 block of Benning Street, Philadelphia, was taken into custody at the police station at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 1 on an outstanding warrant, police said. He was charged with aggravated assault, burglary, strangulation, unlawful restraint, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and criminal mischief in connection with an April 9 incident, online court records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> Two females stole jeans at 6:38 p.m. Sept. 1 from Old Navy, 2401 Cheltenham Ave., police said.

THEFT >> A vehicle in the unit block of East Church Road was found at 7:13 p.m. Sept. 1 with a window broken and items taken from inside, police said.

AUTO THEFT >> A 2016 black Jeep, MA tag 2XSD81, was reported stolen at 7:21 p.m. Sept. 1 from the 8000 block of High School Road, police said.

FRAUD >> A resident reported Sept. 2 a check was stolen and rewritten for an amount that was not the original, police said.

FRAUD >> A resident reported Sept. 2 a check placed in the mailbox at the Elkins Park Post Office was later forged by an unknown person, police said.

FRAUD >> A resident reported Sept. 2 the victim’s computer was hacked and their Discover Card was accessed and several purchases were made on it, police said.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 34-year-old man of the 1100 block of Oak Leaf Lane, Warminster, was charged with receiving stolen property; and a 44-year-old man of the 7900 block of Cedarbrook Avenue, Philadelphia, was charged with retail theft, receiving stolen property, resisting arrest and recklessly endangering another person, online court records show. The two allegedly stole $391 in goods from Old Navy, 2401 Cheltenham Ave., at 3:46 p.m. Sept. 2, police said. FRAUD >> A resident reported Sept. 2 a check written to Xfinity was stolen, altered and endorsed for a different amount by an unknown person at an unknown bank location, police said.

WARRANT >> Demetrius Jones, 30, of the 2200 block of Tioga Street, Philadelphia, was arrested by Philadelphia Police and transported to Cheltenham on a Cheltenham warrant at 5:05 a.m. Sept. 3, police said. Jones, who randomly assaulted an employee at Midas Muffler June 2, was charged with simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats, harassment and disorderly conduct, police said.

RETAIL THEFT >> A 63-year-old man of the 5300 block of Cedar Avenue, Philadelphia, was taken into custody at 11:09 a.m. Sept. 3 at Home Depot, 7690 Washington Lane, and charged with retail theft, police said.

ID THEFT >> A resident reported Sept. 3 a prepaid debit card was opened with the victim’s personal information, police said.

RETAIL THEFT >> A Black male in his 50s, wearing a white T-shirt and blue shorts, took meat and fish valued at $100 from Aldi, 8200 Ogontz Ave., at 3:11 p.m. Sept. 4, police said.

THEFT >> Cash, credit cards and ID we reported stolen at 3:47 p.m. Sept. 4 from an unlocked vehicle at Tookany Creek Parkway and Central Avenue, police said. ASSAULT >> A female reported at 9:33 p.m. Sept. 4 that an occupied auto with a possibly known person in the front passenger seat fired four shots while leaning out the window toward her vehicle at Cheltenham Avenue and School Lane, police said.

THREAT >> A female reported at 9:39 p.m. Sept. 4 that an armed older male in a gray shirt threatened her with a gun in the 900 block of Valley Road, police said. RETAIL THEFT >> Wawa, 82 Limekiln Pike, reported at 11:47 p.m. Sept. 4 that seven juveniles were inside the store and a couple of them took an unknown number of goods, police said.

SHOTS FIRED >> Nine 9mm shell casings were recovered by police from the driveway of a home in the 8300 block of Jenkintown Road at 10:36 a.m. Sept. 5, police said.

ATTEMPTED THEFT >> A Black male, early 30s, thin, wearing a white Tshirt, blue jeans, black sneakers and carrying a black backpack, attempted to enter a locked vehicle in the 400 block of Crest Avenue at 11:11 a.m. Sept. 5, police said. Another locked vehicle on the block reportedly had miscellaneous papers removed from it, police said.

THEFT >> Jewelry was reported stolen at 4 p.m. Sept. 5 from a home in the 1700 block of Harris Road, police said.

ID THEFT >> A resident reported Sept. 5 unauthorized accounts were opened using the victim’s personal information, police said. ASSAULT >> Azayae Kemp, 24, of Elkins Park, was charged Sept. 5 with aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment and defiant trespass, online court records show.

RETAIL THEFT >> A Black male wearing a black cap, gray V-neck shirt, blue jeans and carrying a backpack stole $210 worth of cigarettes at 1:04 a.m. Sept. 6 from Wawa, 8250 Limekiln Pike, police said.

THEFT >> A male stole items from Walgreens, 2727 Cheltenham Ave., at 11:59 a.m. Sept. 6 and fled on a bike, police said.

ID THEFT >> A resident reported Sept. 6 a checking account was fraudulently opened using the victim’s personal information, police said.

THEFT >> A manager at an apartment at 1600 Church Road reported Sept. 7 a tenant previously evicted stole a refrigerator valued at $730, policed said.

AUTO THEFT >> A white 2005 Chevy cargo van, PA tag ZBL9185, was reported stolen at 7:25 p.m. Sept. 7 from Auto Works, 1 North Ave., police said.

FRAUD >> A resident reported Sept. 8 a check for $7,450 he mailed in a mailbox was stolen and endorsed to an unknown person at an unknown bank location, police said. RAPE >> A Cheltenham High School student reported 12:46 p.m. Sept. 8 being raped by another student at a location off the school property, police said. An investigation is ongoing, police said.

THEFT >> A purse containing an iPhone 11, four credit cards, $400 cash and other cards/paperwork, was reported stolen from a vehicle parked at HMart, 7300 Old York Road, at 7:14 p.m. Sept. 8, police aid.

THEFTS >> Two vehicles in the 7800 block of Montgomery Avenue were found at 7:56 p.m. Sept. 8 with their windows smashed out and a pair of blue jeans taken from one and a wallet with debit/ credit cards, car keys and house keys taken from the other, police said.

FRAUD >> A resident reported Sept. 8 a check she mailed at Elkins Park Post Office was stolen and altered, police said.

THEFT >> The owner of a vehicle in the 400 block of West Laurel Avenue reported at 11 a.m. Sept. 9 that four wheels were stolen off the vehicle, police said.

THEFT >> A Black female with short curly hair, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, took items from Sav-ALot, 101 Cheltenham Ave., at 1:49 p.m. Sept. 9 and fled on foot on Cheltenham Avenue, police said. BURGLARY >> A home in the 300 block of Ross Court was reported burglarized at 2:46 p.m. Sept. 9, police said.

THEFT >> A package was reported stolen at 5:15 p.m. Sept. 9 from the porch of a home in the 3300 block of Brookview Place, police said. VANDALISM >> A vehicle in the 7700 block of Wagner Way was found at 2:09 p.m. Sept. 10 with a window broken, but nothing taken, police said.

THEFT >> A cellphone was reported stolen from the 3000 block of West Cheltenham Avenue at 3:43 p.m. Sept. 10, police said. Investigation ongoing.

PLATE STOLEN >> A license plate was reported stolen at 9:26 p.m. Sept. 10 from a vehicle in the 1700 block of Erlen Road, police said. AUTO STOLEN >> A 2002 black Kia K5, PA tag KXK8853, was reported stolen at 11:16 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Melrose Court Apartments, 1400 Willow Ave., police said. THEFT >> A locked vehicle in the unit block of Wall Park Drive was found at 11:58 a.m. Sept. 11 with window damage and items taken, police said.

RETAIL THEFT >> Juveniles age 7 to 14 opened products and stole goods at 3:56 p.m. Sept. 11 from Ross Dress for Less, 3001 Cheltenham Ave., police said. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF >> A vehicle at John Russell Circle and Humphrey Merry Way was found at 4:42 p.m. Sept. 11 with a window smashed and the ignition tampered with, police said.

AUTO THEFT >> A gray 2002 Kia Optima, PA tag KPV6692, was reported stolen at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 11 from the 7700 block of Wagner Way, police said.

Jenkintown

ASSAULT >> A 25-year-old Philadelphia woman was charged Aug. 30 with simple assault, harassment, disorderly conduct and accidents involving damage to a vehicle or property, online court records show.