UPDATE:
Three people have been arrested for a rash of home burglaries in Cumberland and Adams Counties. Officials say the crimes were committed to support the defendants' drug habits.
Police say the break-ins began in November. 24 were committed in Cumberland County and three in Adams County.
Police recovered some of the stolen items. Most of them are personal effects including gold and silver and turquoise. Necklaces, rings and even a piggy bank with change inside. Police estimate the value in the thousands of dollars.
Police say Jeremy Lentvorsky of Carlisle frequented neighborhoods, using a credit card to defeat locked doors. And if he couldn't break in in 15 seconds, he moved on.
District Attorney Dave Freed says two women, Amy Copp and Cassie Swartz, both of Carlisle, were accomplices. He alleges Lentvorsky stole the items and gave them to the women. They in turn sold it to pawn shops in Harrisburg, Carlisle and Plainfield.
The burglaries happened in Middlesex, Monroe and South Middleton Townships in Cumberland County and in the Gardners area of Adams County.
The three have been charged with conspiracy, burglary charges will be filed at their preliminary hearings. Additional arrests are possible.
Swartz and Copp were released on $10,000 bail each. Lentvorsky was committed to Cumberland County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail.
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Police in Middlesex Township have scheduled a 3:00 p.m. news conference to discuss the arrests of three people authorities say are responsible for at least 27 burglaries across multiple jurisdictions.
Three people have been arrested for a rash of home burglaries in Cumberland and Adams Counties. Officials say the crimes were committed to support the defendants' drug habits.
Police say the break-ins began in November. 24 were committed in Cumberland County and three in Adams County.
Police recovered some of the stolen items. Most of them are personal effects including gold and silver and turquoise. Necklaces, rings and even a piggy bank with change inside. Police estimate the value in the thousands of dollars.
Police say Jeremy Lentvorsky of Carlisle frequented neighborhoods, using a credit card to defeat locked doors. And if he couldn't break in in 15 seconds, he moved on.
District Attorney Dave Freed says two women, Amy Copp and Cassie Swartz, both of Carlisle, were accomplices. He alleges Lentvorsky stole the items and gave them to the women. They in turn sold it to pawn shops in Harrisburg, Carlisle and Plainfield.
The burglaries happened in Middlesex, Monroe and South Middleton Townships in Cumberland County and in the Gardners area of Adams County.
The three have been charged with conspiracy, burglary charges will be filed at their preliminary hearings. Additional arrests are possible.
Swartz and Copp were released on $10,000 bail each. Lentvorsky was committed to Cumberland County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail.
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Police in Middlesex Township have scheduled a 3:00 p.m. news conference to discuss the arrests of three people authorities say are responsible for at least 27 burglaries across multiple jurisdictions.
Amy Copp, 29, Jeremy Lentvorsky, 28 and Cassie Swartz, 25, each face multiple charges, according to court records.
Lentvorsky remains behind bars at Cumberland County prison.