A man accused of operating a chop shop in Bristol Township’s Croydon section garage is heading to trial.
Justin Kerper, 28, District Judge Frank Peranteau Sr. ruled to forward charges of owning and operating a chop shop and seven counts of receiving stolen property onto common pleas court in Doylestown. Two counts of receiving stolen property were dropped.
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According to court papers, Bucks County Detectives and state police got a warrant and searched Kerper’s garage, located in the 900 block of Second Avenue, and found eight sport motorcycles, one bike engine, gas tanks still filled with gas, wheels, ignition switches and various other parts, police said. Five of the recovered bikes had “aftermarket” keys in the ignitions.
Through further investigation, authorities said they discovered the bikes and the engine were stolen out of various towns in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania between December and January.
Police said they found a shipping container with Kerper’s garage listed as the shipping address. The name “Proformance Cycle” was listed on the box. It was discovered that many of the stolen parts were sold online through the username . “pro-formancecycle215,” court documents state.
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Kerper’s and a another man were caught by police in New Jersey in early 2013 after authorities say the two were attempting to steal the rims from a Mitsubishi Spyder.
Kerper remains free on $300,000 unsecured bail.
