Abington PD Involved in Regional Burglary Task Force

The task Force arrested a Philadelphia man on Monday; he may be involved in several Abington burglaries.

  Abington Police Deputy Chief John Livingood said the man arrested in northeast Philadelphia on Monday may be involved in a large number of residential burglaries in Abington dating back as far as a year.  Derrick Carter, 33, of the 4600 block of Sheffield Avenue, Philadelphia, was arrested Monday following the work of a multi-jurisdictional burglary task force. Carter is suspected of being involved in a burglary ring that spans the Delaware Valley. “We were actively surveilling him on Monday in Delaware County in the 4200 block of Bryn Mawr Avenue,” Livingood said. Livingood didn’t say much about the task force, but he said that the surveillance included police officers hanging out in Dumpsters. Livingood said Carter was specifically …

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