Lower Merion Police Reports: Alleged burglar opens bedroom window, finds sleeping homeowner

Lower Merion police arrested and charged a 44-year-old driver from the 100 block of South Narberth Avenue with DUI following a traffic stop near Belmont and Levering Mill Road in Bala Cynwyd Jan. 30 at 9:53 p.m.

According to police, the driver was seen making an illegal right turn on red. Police reported that the driver was displaying signs of intoxication. At police headquarters, he refused to submit to a breath test.

Apartment burglary

Lower Merion police reported that someone entered an apartment at Yorklynne Manor apartments on City Avenue in Merion that was reported Jan. 31 at 7:05 p.m. The apartment was last known to be secured at 6:45 a.m.

According to police, someone forced open a kitchen door. The burglars then went straight to the master bedroom and took jewelry.

Police said there were no other signs of burglaries in any of the other apartments.

Public drunkenness

Lower Merion police arrested and cited a 24-year-old man from Rumson, N.J. with public intoxication near Lancaster and Merion avenues in Bryn Mawr Feb. 1 at 1:09 a.m.

Police said the man was seen stumbling along the sidewalk. After being stopped, police said the man became combative with police.

Police determined that the man under the influence of alcohol. Initially the man refused to submit to a breath test. He was placed in a cell for the remainder of the morning.

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Lower Merion Police Reports: Alleged burglar opens bedroom window, finds sleeping homeowner