Yardley man accused in more than 1,000 car break-ins arrested
By FOX 29 staff
Keith Johnson (Buckingham Township Police Department)
BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. - Police say a Yardley man believed to be responsible for more than 1,000 car break-ins in Bucks County and New Jersey has been arrested.
In Feb. 2020, Buckingham Township began to experience overnight thefts from unlocked vehicles during the overnight hours.
Over the next few months, multiple Bucks County municipalities were also experiencing the same type of thefts with the same man being caught on surveillance video, according to police.
Investigators discovered that ten municipalities in New Jersey had similar overnight thefts from vehicles.
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Police believe Keith Johnson is responsible for over 1,000 reported offenses. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
BUCKS COUNTY, PA A Yardley man was arrested Friday by the Buckingham Township Police Department following a year-long investigation into thefts from unlocked parked in Bucks County and ten municipalities in New Jersey.
Keith Johnson, 32, faces felony charges of burglary, theft and criminal trespassing, along with dozens of misdemeanor counts of loitering and prowling at night time.
Police believe Johnson is responsible for thefts as far back as February 2020, when a number residents in Buckingham Township started reporting lost items from their unlocked vehicles, Buckingham police said in a press release Friday. Surveillance video from the thefts showed a man wearing a gaiter mask, dark sweatpants, gloves and carrying a satchel stealing items from cars.