Suspect hides under vehicle then flees with stolen items, Coatesville PA

Theft

Reported: 10/29/2025 05:10 PM

Near W Chestnut St, Coatesville, PA 19320

A suspect stole items on West Chestnut Street, hid under a vehicle, then fled with a backpack containing the stolen belongings. The suspect is described as a black male wearing a jacket.

Audio|Source: Chester County Law Enforcement Dispatch

02:45

Transcript:

00:00

near West Chestnut Street.

00:03

For the theft, some of the air, when some of these saw, so I can call over the...

00:12

Sorry, question.

00:15

Three questions.

00:21

400 blocks.

00:27

Okay.

00:33

I send you to Haven,

00:35

400 East Marshall Street.

00:38

Caller is advising that she cannot get a hold of her mother in room 208B.

00:44

She advised the staff is not entering the phone.

00:47

She would like to call back for the disposition.

00:52

Ten four.

00:56

Paul five, go.

00:58

Paul five, ten four.

01:00

Zero one, Paul, six.

01:04

Another.

01:07

From CCH, can you keep an eye out for Marie Briggis, who left their facility with an IV in her arm? They are just concerned for the IV.

01:21

Someone pulling around for us.

01:23

All right for shooting.

01:29

Pull me out of my station with the domestic.

01:35

No, one, Paul 95, copyrighted. No,

01:43

one, Paul 3.

01:47

Another.

01:50

I'm sending you his chest in the street for these steps from the vehicle.

01:55

Paul 95, you're going to cover Haven.

02:00

Dobby.

02:05

Three two, I'm okay.

02:07

42, okay.

02:13

19, I copy your stop 200 bucksie for an avenue.

02:18

9-2, okay.

02:21

19, okay.

02:29

The caller for the theft complaint callback advised the suspect was still on location hiding under the vehicle but had since fled. The suspect is a black male wearing a jacket and he had a backpack with the stolen belongings and their direction of it.

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