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Police arrested two men for their alleged invasion of a Point Breeze home last week.
The law enforcement workers ventured to a house on the 2300 block of Ellsworth Street at 12:19 p.m. Jan. 30, where they learned from an occupant that he heard voices downstairs while he tended to something on the third floor, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. He yelled downstairs, then observed two black men, one wearing a black hoodie and the other camouflage pants, bolting from the abode and heading down 24th Street.
While in route to the domicile, officers had received flash information from the resident’s call to 911. During their travels, they located individuals who matched the descriptions, Tolliver said, detaining the second reported offender on the 2400 block of Reed Street. Backup help stopped the first supposed intruder on the 2300 block of Wilder Street, observing him with a brown paper bag.
The complainant received transport to the locations and gave positive identification of the men as those who had entered his home. Authorities recovered a laptop and Asian currency from the alleged perpetrators. They charged 19-year-old West Philly resident Quran McClendon and 19-year-old West Philly dweller Zahkeem Gaskins with criminal conspiracy, two counts of theft, criminal trespassing, criminal mischief and burglary.
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