A New Jersey man has been charged with an alleged burglary that happened last week.
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Falls Township police were dispatched last Monday just past 10 p.m. for a burglary in progress at KAP Auto Sales on Lincoln Highway in the Morrisville section of the township. The owner of the business reported he spotted an unauthorized person at the business inside the secured fenced lot, according to court papers.
The car dealership was closed at the time and no one had authorization to be at the business, police said.
Responding officers surrounded the dealership’s fence and spotted the suspect. They ordered him to the ground and he refused to listen, police said.
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The suspect failed to follow commands from officers and ran across the dealership lot, which was fenced in, police said.
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The owner of the dealership arrived and searched the parking lot. The suspect was located laying on top of a motor home, police said.
The suspect – Charles H. Hilton, 39, of Trenton – was arrested, police said.
Officers reviewed security camera footage. Hilton was spotted carrying a duffel bag in the lot, police said.
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The duffel bag was found to contain multiple sawzall blades, a bolt cutter, and a freshly-cut catalytic converter, police said.
Hilton was preliminary arraigned last week on charges of burglary, possession of an instrument of crime, theft from a vehicle, receiving stolen property, and defiant trespassing of a fenced/enclosed area. He was released after posting 10 percent of $10,000 bail.
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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.
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