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“What are you doing here?” a Croydon woman asked a man standing on her neighbor’s back porch with glass at his feet on Friday, November 29.
“I’m looking for my cousin, ” he said before double-timing it towards Neshaminy Road and now authorities also have questions for the Croydon man, too.
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Authorities were dispatched to the 100 block of Clover Avenue, according to court records, for a report of a burglary in progress called in by a friendly neighbor.
The neighbor explained to officers that she was aware the homeowner was out of the area for the week and that she didn’t know the man who was at the back of the residence, court documents say. The complainant described the man as a white male wearing a black knit heat and sweat shirt with tattoos on his neck, court records say.
Bristol Township police further investigated at the scene observed a cinder block, that according to police, was used to shatter a back window on a door to the residence where 33 year -old John Sobolewski was allegedly standing, according to the witness statements to police.
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Police started a search of the area for the man and stopped Sobolewski in the 700 block of 4th Avenue because he fit the description given to police by the complainant, court documents say.
Police transported the suspect back to the scene of the break-in where he was positively identified by the witness as the man standing on her neighbors porch just a short while earlier, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Sobolewski was arrested and charged with burglary, criminal attempt of burglary, criminal mischief and a relayed offense. Bail was set at 10 percent of $50,000, according to online court documents. He is now in Bucks County Jail awaiting a preliminary hearing scheduled in Bristol Borough District Court for January 15.
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The alleged cousin has yet to be located.
All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
