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Car thief foiled by yelling in Haddonfield

The following items are taken from reports on file with the Haddonfield Police Department:

• A Jefferson Avenue resident reported to police on Feb. 17 at 3:01 p.m., a stolen vehicle. The victim said she left her car running out in front of her house and when she came back out, she saw a male suspect driving it away.

She yelled at the suspect to stop and he did, about 100-feet from her house, and exited the vehicle and jumped into a gray SUV. Officers checked the scene but could not find the suspect.

• A Mt. Vernon resident reported to police on Feb. 19 at 10:36 a.m. that her Hyundai was spray painted sometime overnight. The suspect tagged the car down the passenger side.

• A Hopkins Avenue resident reported to police on Feb. 19 at 12:23 p.m. that someone entered his unlocked shed and stole a power washer.

• A Grove Street resident reported to police on Feb. 11 at 5:25 p.m. that his house was burgled. The first floor window was pried open sometime overnight and the suspect stole several pieces of jewelry and a pistol.

• A North Haddon Avenue business owner reported to police on Feb. 10 at 8:46 a.m. that her business was broken into the night before. Entry was made through a shared front door. The store’s cash box, a laptop computer, cash, an iPod, stereo equipment and medical equipment was stolen from the business.

• A Lafayette Avenue resident reported to police on Feb. 9 at 2:34 p.m. that the rear door of her home was forced open. The suspect ransacked the master bedroom and stole a jewelry box filled with costume jewelry.

• A Hopkins Avenue resident reported to police on Feb. 9 at 1:05 p.m. that someone entered her unlocked vehicle and stole $40.

• A Peyton Avenue resident reported to police on Feb. 7 at 3:51 p.m. that she received a call from someone who said her grandson was in jail and needed to be bailed out. The caller said she should wire $2,875 through Western Union. It was a fake call, she said, and she wanted it on record that this scam was happening in the area.

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