Credit: Falls Township police
UPDATED: 4:39 p.m., Tuesday:
Robert Maurer, 36, was arraigned Tuesday afternoon and sent to Bucks County prison on 10 percent of $400,000 bail.
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Pennsylvania State Police have also filed charged-related to an alleged accident that happened Sunday in Middletown against the 36 year old.
Original Story:
Lower Bucks County police have caught the man they suspect is behind two vehicle thefts and has connections to at least two burglaries.
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Robert Maurer, 36, is expected to be arraigned Tuesday on charges of burglary, DUI while driving with a suspended driver’s license, theft, unauthorized use of a vehicle, criminal trespassing and receiving stolen property. An arrest warrant was filed by investigators on Monday.
At 6:21 a.m. Monday, Falls Township officers were dispatched to the 4300 block of Dover Drive to investigate an overnight burglary and vehicle theft. Officers learned a 1996 Ford Taurus was missing along with a wallet and several other items, according to court papers.
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As the investigation into the Falls crimes was underway, Bristol Township police officers were dispatched to the intersection of Millcreek and Edgely roads around 8:15 a.m. Monday after a caller reported a man stole his running truck at a gas station.
Responding officers spoke with the truck owner, who said the man who took his vehicle was bleeding from the face and stated he was hurt in a accident. A gas station attendant noted the vehicle theft suspect was looking around a dumpster and left a wallet in the area of a trash can, according to court papers.
Officers found the wallet, which was determined to be connected to the overnight burglary that happened on Dover Drive in Falls Township. A bloody $100 bill was also found in the dumpster, police said.
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A short time after being dispatched to the gas station, Bristol Township patrol officers spotted the stolen vehicle at another gas station on Route 13.
A vehicle pursuit began and ended a short time later. Maurer was taken into custody, police said.
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Around the same time, officers were alerted that a vehicle was spotted off the roadway in the 2500 block of Millcreek Road. Once the vehicle was removed, it was determined to be the one taken from the Dover Drive burglary scene, police said.
The vehicle and items from two separate burglaries were processed by the Falls Township Police Department, court papers stated.
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Maurer was taken to the hospital after his arrest for treatment of an unrelated medical issue, a police official told LevittownNow.com.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
