Woman tries to steal decoration from fast-food restaurant in Wyomissing

A woman took a tin star from the wall of a fast-food restaurant about 11:27 a.m. March 13 in the 800 block of Hill Avenue in Wyomissing. She tried to leave with the wall decoration, but a manager followed her outside and confronted the thief. The woman returned the tin star, worth about $30, and left. By the time police arrived, she was nowhere to be found.

Vehicles broken into in Wyomissing neighborhood

A man called Wyomissing police about 7:25 a.m. April 21 when he discovered someone had opened the glove compartments in two of his vehicles parked in the 1700 block of Delaware Avenue. Nothing was stolen from either vehicle.

Would-be thieves enter three vehicles on Lehigh Avenue in Wyomissing

Two borough residents who live in the 1100 block of Lehigh Avenue in Wyomissing called borough police the morning of April 16 to report that someone had entered their vehicles -- two belonging to one resident, one to another -- but stolen nothing. All three vehicles had been unlocked overnight.

Car break-ins reported in West Reading

From Nov. 23 to Nov. 25, police investigated seven reports of thefts from vehicles, attempted thefts or damage to vehicles.

Thefts were reported at the following times and locations:

• 9:15 a.m., Nov. 23, 400 block of Oak Terrace

• 8:57 a.m. Nov. 24, 100 block of South Fifth Avenue

• 10:57 p.m. Nov. 24, 100 block of South Second Avenue

• 8:03 a.m. Nov. 25, 200 block of South Fourth Avenue: Garmin GPS device worth about $300 stolen from vehicle; passenger’s side window was smashed.

An attempted theft was reported the morning of Nov. 25 by a man who said someone entered his unlocked vehicle overnight and tried to steal the car stereo. It was parked in the 400 block of Chestnut Street. The theft attempt was unsuccessful, but the would-be thief bent the faceplate and caused other damage to the stereo.

Someone broke the passenger-side mirror on a vehicle parked about 6:15 p.m. Nov. 25 in the 300 block of Pine Street.

Other unspecified vehicles were vandalized about 3:05 p.m. Nov. 25 in the 300 block of Sunset Road.

Cars broken into in Wyomissing neighborhood

Police received five calls within a two-hour span on Sept. 3 of vehicles that had been broken into. All of the break-ins occurred on the 1500 or 1600 blocks of Cleveland, Delaware and Garfield avenues in Wyomissing:

• 7:25 a.m.: 1600 block of Delaware Avenue: GPS device, car stereo, spoiler taken from car.

• 8:25 a.m.: 1600 block of Delaware Avenue: car stereo, handheld Nintendo game system taken overnight from unlocked vehicle.

• 8:25 a.m.: 1500 block of Garfield Avenue: Nothing taken from car but someone entered unlocked vehicle overnight and ransacked it.

• 8:47 a.m.: 1500 block of Delaware Avenue: Nothing taken from vehicle but someone got into it overnight.

• 9:22 a.m.: 1500 block of Cleveland Avenue: Someone tried to remove front bumper trim from vehicle.

Police arrest burglary suspects following break-in at game store

Wyomissing police learned of a burglary at 10:40 p.m. July 23 at Level Up Games, a store in the 1100 block of Hobart Avenue in the borough. The suspects ran away but a police officer stopped them a short distance away and arrested them, at gunpoint. The two suspects, a 19-year-old West Reading man and a 19-year-old Pottstown man, were charged with one count each of attempted burglary, attempted theft, criminal conspiracy, trespassing and criminal mischief. The Pottstown man faces an additional criminal conspiracy charge. Both were jailed in lieu of $25,000 bail.

Neighbor foils would-be lawn ornament thieves in Wyomissing

About 1 a.m. June 16, a neighbor spotted two men in a small dark sedan trying to steal lawn ornaments from the yard of a house in the first block of Devlin Drive in Wyomissing. After calling police the neighbor chased the men, who dropped a brass swan as they fled. Police don’t know if any other lawn ornaments were taken.