Officers from the Westtown-East Goshen regional Police department arrested two people who, police said, were stealing gifts left for trash collectors.
According to a press release, police observed a suspicious silver Subaru Baja on Deer Point Road in Thornbury Township. The officer followed the car, which failed to stop at a stop sign and then increased speed. At that point, the officer pulled the car over on Twadell Drive.
During that initial investigation, police determined that the driver, Michael Gary Lehr, 47, and passenger Lynn Maurer, 49, both from Marcus Hook, had been driving through neighborhoods in Thornbury and removing cash, gift cards and checks that residents left taped to trash cans for their trash collectors. Police located and seized an amount of United States Currency, assorted gift cards, checks and illegal controlled substance from the vehicle.
Police charged Lehr with theft, receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, stop sign violation and also careless driving. Maurer was charged with theft, receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Magisterial District Judge William Kraut arraigned both defendants on Dec. 21, and set bail for Lehr at $20,000 dollars. The accused could not post bond and was remanded to the Chester County Prison pending a preliminary hearing on Dec. 24, at District Court 15-2-03.
Maurer was released on $10,000 dollars unsecured bail. She will also appear for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 24.
The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department suggests that residents contact their trash service provider to arrange a safe and secure way to give holiday gifts to their trash collectors.
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