Suspect arrested in West Reading vehicle break-ins

Someone spotted a man breaking into a vehicle about 12:20 p.m. Jan. 26 in the first block of South Second Avenue in West Reading. Borough police caught the suspect, who officers said also stole items the same day from a vehicle parked in the first block of South Third Avenue. The suspect, a 31-year-old Reading man, was charged with theft, receiving stolen property, theft from a motor vehicle, damaging property, possessing an instrument of crime, attempted theft from a vehicle and disorderly conduct. He was jailed in lieu of $20,000 bail.