Crime & Safety
Retail Thieves Strike in Bala Cynwyd, Police Say
Both recent incidents happened at the shopping center.
Lower Merion police on Monday reported two recent retail thefts in Bala Cynwyd.
About 1 p.m. Sept. 22, two men stole 20 to 30 pairs of earrings and a silver watch, with a total value of about $2,575, from Lord & Taylor. No complete description of the suspects was available. One of the men had kept the nearest clerk occupied while his accomplice grabbed the earrings from a display case, police said.
And about 11:30 a.m. Sept. 25, a man grabbed a $650 Apple iPhone from a display case at the AT&T store. He was last seen running toward Belmont Avenue, police said, and was described as a dark-skinned, bearded black man aged 25 to 27 years old, 6 feet 1 inches tall, 200 pounds, wearing a gray or blue windbreaker, a hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and Timberland boots.
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Anyone with information about these incidents can call Lower Merion police at 610-649-1000.
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