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Crime Log: February 24, 2016

Jan. 25 through Feb. 7

As reported by Northeast Detectives. Does not include homicides, sexual assaults, narcotics offenses or other specific crimes investigated by special police units. All locations listed by block, not by exact address.

2nd Police District

• There were nine robberies reported in the district, including six that occurred in the street at 900 Bridge St. (Jan. 29), 500 Anchor St. (Feb. 1), 6700 Souder St. (Jan. 25), 7200 Castor Ave. (Jan. 27), 6500 Castor Ave. (Jan. 30) and 1900 Cottman Ave. (Feb. 5). Three additional robberies occurred at businesses at 4600 Roosevelt Blvd. (Feb. 7), 7300 Bustleton Ave. (Jan. 28) and 7400 Bustleton Ave. (Feb. 7).

• Among 11 aggravated assaults reported to police, five occurred in the street at 6700 Leonard St. (Jan. 31), 1400 Stevens St. (Feb. 7), 900 Tyson Ave. (Jan. 26), 6500 Large St. (Jan. 28) and 300 Stevens St. (Feb. 5). Four more cases were reported at residences at 6800 Sylvester St. (Jan. 26), 1100 Gilham St. (Jan. 31), 500 Van Kirk St. (Jan. 31) and 5500 Hill Creek Court (Feb. 1), while two occurred at schools at 5700 Rising Sun Ave. (Jan. 28) and 1600 Cottman Ave. (Jan. 27).

• Among 14 burglaries reported during the period, 11 involved residences at 900 Brighton St. (Jan. 28), 1100 Princeton Ave. (two on Feb. 7), 6700 Castor Ave. (Jan. 29), 900 E. Godfrey Ave. (Jan. 26), 6100 Frontenac St. (Jan. 27), 1100 Friendship St. (Jan. 27), 500 Rosalie St. (Feb. 1), 2100 Ripley St. (Feb. 1), 6300 Oakland St. (Feb. 3) and 500 Alcott St. (Feb. 2). Other burglaries occurred at two businesses at 7200 Rising Sun Ave. (Jan. 26) and 7500 Castor Ave. (Feb. 4), along with one medical facility at 700 Adams Ave. (Jan. 30).

• There were 105 thefts reported in the district, including 43 at businesses, nine at residences, two at schools, one in the street and one at a government facility. There also were 23 auto thefts, one auto tag theft and 25 thefts from autos during the period.

7th Police District

• Four robberies were reported to police, three of which occurred in the street at 11700 Bustleton Ave. (Feb. 5), 15000 Bustleton Ave. (Jan. 29) and 10100 Bustleton Ave. (Feb. 3), while one occurred at an unspecified type of location at 100 Geiger Road (Jan. 30).

• One aggravated assault was reported in the district in the street at 10100 Bustleton Ave. (Jan. 29).

• All eight burglaries reported during the period involved residences at 8800 Winchester Ave. (Jan. 28), 1100 Byberry Road (Feb. 1), 12000 Sewell Road (Feb. 3), 2100 Benson St. (Feb. 2), 9400 Clark St. (Feb. 2), 9800 Haldeman Ave. (Feb. 3), 600 Rhawn St. (Jan. 29) and 800 Morefield Road (Feb. 4).

• There were 34 thefts reported to police including 10 that occurred at businesses, two in the street, one at a residence, one at a medical facility, eight auto thefts, two auto tag thefts and 10 thefts from autos.

8th Police District

• Seven robberies were reported in the district, five of which occurred in the street at 1500 Riverside Drive (Feb. 3), 9200 Delaware Ave. (Feb. 7), 10500 Knights Road (Feb. 7), 4100 Pennypack St. (Feb. 6) and 2600 Welsh Road (Feb. 1). Robberies also occurred at one business at 8000 Frankford Ave. (Feb. 1) and one residence at 8800 Frankford Ave. (Feb. 7).

• There were zero aggravated assaults reported during the period.

• There were 10 burglaries reported during the period, including nine that occurred at residences at 2700 Meyer Place (Jan. 25), 4500 Rhawn St. (Jan. 27), 8800 Danbury St. (Feb. 1), 9300 Academy Road (Feb. 3), 3500 Rhawn St. (Feb. 5), 9400 Woodenbridge Road (Feb. 5), 9400 Ashton Road (Jan. 28), 4000 Primrose Road (Jan. 27) and 4400 Tolbut St. (Jan. 28). One additional burglary was reported at a business at 300 Franklin Mills Circle (Jan. 28).

• Police received reports of 78 thefts in the district, including 19 at businesses, five in the street, three at residences, two at schools and one at a recreation facility. There also were 17 auto thefts, two auto tag thefts and 29 thefts from autos during the period.

15th Police District

• Twenty robberies were reported in the district, including 17 that occurred in the street at 4600 Tackawanna St. (Jan. 27), 4700 Marple St. (Jan. 31), Griscom and Ruan streets (Feb. 1), 4400 Magee Ave. (Feb. 2), 7200 Torresdale Ave. (Feb. 3), 6600 Cottage St. (Feb. 3), 4500 Magee Ave. (Feb. 3), 4700 Marple St. (Feb. 5), Lansing and Erdrick streets (Feb. 5), 4300 Benner St. (Jan. 26), 1600 Bridge St. (Feb. 7), 4100 Levick St. (Jan. 25), 1600 Wakeling St. (Jan. 29), 5200 Frankford Ave. (Feb. 2), 7500 Cottage St. (Feb. 6), 7500 Frankford Ave. (Feb. 7) and 6700 Cottage St. (Feb. 2). Robberies also occurred at two residences at 4100 Paul St. (Jan. 30) and 4500 Hale St. (Jan. 27), and at a school at 2000 Wakeling St. (Feb. 1).

• Among 25 aggravated assaults reported to police, 14 occurred at residences at 4300 Orchard St. (Feb. 6), 5100 Pennway St. (Jan. 28), 7000 Torresdale Ave. (Jan. 31), 4700 Tackawanna Place (Feb. 2), 1700 Bridge St. (two on Jan. 26), 4900 Frankford Ave. (Feb. 4), 1600 Orthodox St. (Feb. 5), 2500 Casimir St. (Jan. 27), 4200 Griscom St. (Jan. 30), 7100 Edmund St. (Feb. 2 and 4), 3400 Englewood St. (Feb. 3) and 4900 Hawthorne St. (Jan. 29). Nine other aggravated assaults occurred in the street at 4700 Griscom St. (Jan. 30), 4800 Frankford Ave. (Feb. 2), 6000 Roosevelt Blvd. (Feb. 6), 1900 Church St. (Jan. 26), Tudor and Ditman streets (Jan. 25), 3200 Tyson Ave. (Feb. 2), 7300 Frankford Ave. (Jan. 28 and Feb. 7) and 5200 Frankford Ave. (Feb. 1), while one each occurred at a business at 1700 Bridge St. (Jan. 25) and a public transit facility at Torresdale Avenue and Paul Street (Jan. 29).

• Twenty-five burglaries were reported during the period, 18 of which involved residences at 5000 Pennway St. (Jan. 25), 5000 Jackson St. (Feb. 4), 6000 Tulip St. (Jan. 25), 7200 Vandike St. (Feb. 2), 1100 Dyre St. (Feb. 4), 5200 Saul St. (Feb. 5), 7000 Erdrick St. (Feb. 5), 1200 Wakeling St. (Feb. 6), 7700 Lexington Ave. (Feb. 6), 3500 Decatur St. (Jan. 25), 1700 Meadow St. (Feb. 1), 2100 Granite St. (Feb. 2), 6600 Ditman St. (Feb. 2), 2900 Tyson Ave. (Feb. 3), 4100 Devereaux Ave. (Feb. 4), 4500 Ditman St. (Jan. 28), 7300 State Road (Feb. 5) and 4500 Unruh Ave. (Feb. 2). Six additional burglaries occurred at businesses at 4700 Frankford Ave. (Jan. 29), 4600 Frankford Ave. (Jan. 31), 7000 Frankford Ave. (Feb. 5 and 7), 6900 Frankford Ave. (Feb. 7) and 7100 Torresdale Ave. (Feb. 1), while one occurred at an unspecified type of property at 4200 Paul St. (Feb. 6).

• There were 114 thefts reported to police, including 24 at businesses, 19 in the street, 11 at residences and two at schools. There also were 33 auto thefts, nine auto tag thefts and 16 thefts from autos reported. ••

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