POLICE ADVISE RESIDENTS TO LOCK THEIR VEHICLES TO AVOID BECOMING A VICTIM
VENTNOR Police here arrested a Ventnor man Saturday, Oct. 2 and charged him with various offenses after he was found hiding in the bushes.
After receiving a report at 4:06 a.m. of a suspicious person who was seen checking the doors of parked vehicles on the 5100-block of Winchester Avenue, Patrol Officers Raymond Aiuto and Michael Newell and Sgt. Mark Suprun responded to the area and located a male hiding in the bushes of a residence on the unit-block of N. Oakland Avenue.
The male later identified as Matthew W. Hauser, 32, of Ventnor City, was placed into custody. According to a release by Capt. Joe Fussner, Hauser was found to be in possession of multiple items determined to be taken from several parked vehicles in the area, along with a weapon and CDS paraphernalia.
Hauser was charged with burglary, theft, criminal attempt, possession of a prohibited weapon, possession of a hypodermic syringe and possession of drug paraphernalia. Hauser was processed on those charges and released on a summons pending a court hearing.
Fussner said Ventnor Police have recently seen a large increase in motor vehicle burglaries and remind all residents to please lock their vehicles. All reported car burglaries have been of vehicles that were found to be left unsecured.
