Crime & Safety
Blackwood Man Held in Rash of Erial Burglaries
An alert citizen's tip leads to the arrest of 27-year-old Blackwod man Francis Dymond early Thursday.
A Blackwood man is charged with burglarizing several vehicles and a shed in Erial's Sturbridge Oaks development.
Gloucester Township Police Sgt. Dominic Coppola Jr. says it was an alert citizen's tip at roughly 3:19 a.m. Thursday that led police to form a perimeter around the reported Sturbridge Oaks crime scene.
Police found Francis Dymond, 27, of Blackwood, actively breaking into a car and placed him under arrest, Coppola said.
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Further investigation found Dymond, a Fairmount Avenue resident, allegedly broke into several cars and a shed in the development.
Police impounded Dymond's vehicle after finding it parked in another section of the Erial neighborhood. Further burglary proceeds were found inside the car, Coppola said.
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The Blackwood man was charged with multiple counts of burglary and theft.
Dymond is being held in Camden County Jail on $55,000 bail.
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