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Crime Alert Berks 2/9/25: Exeter police seek shoplifting suspect

Crime Alert Berks 2/9/25: Exeter police seek shoplifting suspect

Yahoo09-02-2025
Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of up to $10,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest in this case or any other case or crime.
Tipsters with crime information can call 877-373-9913 anytime or contact Crime Alert at its website at alertberks.org or via the AlertBerks smartphone app. No one will ask the name of the caller, who will be assigned a code number.
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Exeter Township police are seeking to identify this man who they say stole over $800 worth of merchandize from Walmart on Jan. 13.The Walmart shoplifting suspect was a passenger in this pickup truck that pulled in front of the store on Perkiomen Avenue.
Offense: Retail theft
Date: Jan. 13 about noon.
Location: Walmart, 5900 Perkiomen Ave., Exeter Township
Police synopsis: Exeter Township police are asking for assistance in identifying a man who stole over $800 worth of merchandise from the store. Security camera footage shows he was a passenger in a Ford F150 pickup that stopped in front of the store entrance.
Anyone who can identify him is asked to submit an anonymous tip to Crime Alert Berks County, or call Exeter Township police directly at 610-779-1490.
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