Police: Thieves stealing ATVS, dirt bikes, more from SE Pa. homes after items listed for sale on social media
HILLTOWN, TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Police say they are seeing an increase of thefts of ATVs, dirt bikes and motorcycles from homes across Southeastern Pennsylvania, specifically targeting vehicles listed for sale on social media sites like Facebook Marketplace.Hayden Flanagan says six hours after communicating with a potential buyer who agreed to meet him in a public spot, his 2022 BMW motorcycle was taken from his Perkasie home.Surveillance video shows a white van driving by the home three separate times around 2:00 a.m.
on March 17th, he says, and the video cuts out because the crew put an Amazon box over the cameras.He saved up for years to purchase the dream bike, but bills added up, so he put it on Facebook Marketplace to see what he could make back."I’m in college.
I work part-time, it’s a struggle," says Flanagan. "It’s just a huge violation to our property and just our sanity."Hilltown Township Police, investigating the theft of Flanagan’s bike, say there are crews coming out of New Jersey, Delaware, New York State and Philadelphia to steal the vehicles.They noticed the pattern starting at the end of 2021 and had at least two thefts in this month alone, after victims posted their vehicles for sale on sites like Facebook Marketplace.
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