SnapGlow.TV: Modern Gems Galore! Two men found sleeping in a car were arrested yesterday in Haverford Township.
Turns out they were stealing more than a few winks, according to police.
At 6:35 a.m., police say, Robert K. Wells, 22, of Philadelphia and Dwight Hicks, 20, were found asleep in a stolen green Toyota Camry in the 100 block of Whitemarsh Road. A Haverford resident had called police, concerned that two men might be passed out in the car.
At first, Wells told the responding officers that he had borrowed the car - for $40 - from someone he didn't know. Police said they determined that the car had been stolen two days earlier from a Lower Merion home.
Inside the car, police said, they found a GPS unit that had been reported stolen from another car in Lower Merion.
The two men admitted burglarizing cars in Haverford and Lower Merion Townships during the overnight hours for a number of nights; they allegedly took GPS units and cash, according to court papers.
"We wish people would lock their vehicles," said Sgt. Daniel Wallower of the Haverford Police Department, adding that most of the stolen items came from unlocked cars parked in driveways or on the street.
Wells and Hicks were arraigned on charges of theft and receiving stolen property. Bail for Wells was set at $50,000, for Hicks, it was $75,000. Both were in the Delaware County prison yesterday.
Contact staff writer Mari A. Schaefer at 610-892-9149 or mschaefer@phillynews.com.
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