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Thief Steals From Cars Outside New Jersey Day Cares as Parents Pick Up Kids, Police Say

Police say the suspect committed the thefts on at least four different occasions.

Police are searching for a man accused of stealing from cars parked outside day cares as parents picked up their children.

The first theft occurred on Nov. 27 around 4:15 p.m. outside the Goddard School on West Route 38 in Moorestown, New Jersey. Police say the unidentified suspect entered the school parking lot in a dark-colored Nissan SUV. He then entered the unlocked vehicle of a victim and stole a purse. After this incident, a dark-colored Nissan SUV was also spotted on surveillance video at the Goddard School in Delran, New Jersey where the suspect committed a similar vehicle burglary.

On Monday around 7:30 a.m., a suspect in a silver vehicle, possibly a Chevrolet Cruze or Malibu, entered the Goddard School in Moorestown, pulled alongside the victim’s vehicle, smashed a window and then stole a tote. Police also say the silver vehicle was spotted at the Goddard School in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey prior to Monday when the suspect committed a similar crime.

Moorestown Police released a surveillance photo of the suspect. If you have any information on his whereabouts or identity, please call Mount Laurel Police or Moorestown Police.

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