Police have linked Randy D. Cooper, 41, to at least six car burglaries in Bordentown and Hamilton
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP -- Police have arrested a Trenton man they say has been involved in a spree of car burglaries in Bordentown Township.
Randy D. Cooper, 41, was arrested Tuesday on Liberty Street in Trenton.
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Randy D. Cooper, 41, was arrested in connection with car burglaries (Courtesy of Bordentown Police) Three cars parked on Spruce Avenue were burglarized on July 22, Aug. 9 and Aug. 10, Bordentown police said. A bank debit card, Apple iPad, Dell laptop and a set of checkbooks were reported stolen.
An investigation determined that the debit card was used to make $200 in fraudulent purchases at merchants in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. Video provided by the merchants showed a man driving a black Volvo SUV who was later identified as Cooper.
Bordentown detectives arrested him Tuesday, with the help of Trenton police, and charged him with the Spruce Avenue burglaries.
Cooper has since been linked to two more on Hilltop Drive on Aug. 6. Cooper had two bank cards on him at the time of his arrest that police say were stolen from a burglary on Lillian Avenue in Hamilton on Aug. 14. More charges are expected to be filed against him.
Police are asking residents whose unlocked car was burglarized in July and August, but who did not file a police report, to contact Detective Joshua Pavlov at 609-298-4300, ext. 2128 or jpavlov@bordentowntownshippd.com.
Police are also reminding residents to lock their car doors and either remove all valuables or store them in the trunk.
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