Elizabeth Police use Facebook video to help find suspect
Elizabeth Police use Facebook video to help find suspect
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ELIZABETH BOROUGH (KDKA) - A burglary suspect was handcuffed and charged in Elizabeth and it was all thanks to Facebook.
Police posted a video online of a man burglarizing a truck in West Elizabeth.
A second video of the car burglar in West Elizabeth on February 7, 2023, please view and see if you can identify the suspect in the video. Thank you, Chief William H. Sombo
Posted by Elizabeth Borough Police Department on Tuesday, February 7, 2023
About eight hours later, they were able to take him into custody and he admitted to the burglary.
Police were able to recover all of the stolen items.
Patrick Damp
Patrick is a Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV and studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Before working in news, he worked in professional hockey communications and public relations.