Palmyra Police Blotter

The following arrest information was supplied by the Palmyra Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. The information is from incidents from July 1 to July 8.

July 6, 8:41 a.m.
Palmyra Police were called to investigate criminal mischief and theft at a Broad Street business. When they arrived, officers were led to a vehicle for sale on the lot. The passenger side window was broken and the radio had been stolen, officials said. 

The radio was valued at $400 and the damage to the vehicle was around $150, police said. 

Police are asking anyone with any information on this crime to contact Palmyra police at 856-829-0191.

July 5, 10:59 a.m.
Palmyra Police were called to a gas station on Route 73 for a matter of credit card fraud. 

An officer spoke to a victim who said he tried to purchase gas with a credit card, but the gas attendant said the machine outside wasn't working and he would have to run it inside the building.

The attendant returned with receipts and the victim left, but without his card.

Later, the victim realized he did not get his card back, police said, and returned to the location. He got his card back and after, checked his bank account statement. He saw there were two other charges at the gas station besides the gas he received, police said.

Police determined the attendant, Melvin Gray, 39, of Camden, had illegally run the victim's card two additional times to gain financial benefit for himself.

Gray turned himself in Thursday and was served with complaints for credit card fraud and theft. He was sent to Burlington County Jail, where his bail was set at $10,000.

July 2, 10:18 p.m.
Palmyra Police are reaching out to the public for help with the following case.

Officers were called to a residence on Race Street after a man was seen running with a gun. When officers arrived, they checked the area but could not locate the suspect. 

A male victim then flagged down police to say someone went into his house with a handgun, demanding money, police said. The victim turned his pockets out to show he had no money and the suspect then fired several blank rounds at the victim. The suspect fled the area and fired several more blank rounds into the air while running from the area. 

The victim sustained minor facial injuries due to the wading that came out of the weapon when the blanks were fired. Several casings were recovered at the scene.

Police said the suspect covered his whole head and face with camouflage so there is no description.  

If anyone has any information, contact Palmyra PD at 856-829-0191.

July 2, 5:18 p.m. 
Palmyra Police were called to Roger Wilco on Route 73 for a suspect who had attempted to break into several vehicles in the parking lot and had fled the area on foot, they said. 

Police observed a male fitting the description given running down Route 73 in front of F.C. Kerbeck and Sons. Police stopped the suspect to question him but he was extremely uncooperative and admitted to being high on narcotics. 

Anthony Doria, 21, of Philadelphia, had to be subdued and taken into custody. 

Follow-up investigation at the store revealed Doria took a bottle of wine, and started drinking it in the store. A manager took the bottle and called police. 

Police said Doria then pushed a 4-year-old boy and took his Nintendo DS, a hand-held video game, out of his hand. The boy's mother got the device back but Doria almost knocked her to the ground in the process, police said. 

The suspect was charged with eight different charges, some of which are robbery, endangering child, resisting, theft and simple assault

Doria was lodged in Burlington County Jail with a bail of $45,000.