Suspect charged in 3 burglaries
Philadelphia police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 49-year-old North Philadelphia man in three burglaries. Kemico Washington, of the 900 block of Poplar Street, is accused of burglarizing three apartment or office buildings at 301 Race Street, in Old City; 1216 Arch St. in Center City; and 1234 Hamilton St. in North Philadelphia in March and April, police said.
Philadelphia police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 49-year-old North Philadelphia man in three burglaries.
Kemico Washington, of the 900 block of Poplar Street, is accused of burglarizing three apartment or office buildings at 301 Race Street, in Old City; 1216 Arch St. in Center City; and 1234 Hamilton St. in North Philadelphia in March and April, police said.
Items taken included a Dell laptop and a Canon camera, which were recovered by detectives, police said.
On Monday, officers from the Ninth District, headquartered in Franklintown, saw Washington and noted that he fit the description of the man suspected of committing the burglaries, police said.
The officers stopped Washington and after an investigation, police determined that Washington was the suspect in the burglaries.
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