Cat burglars
operating in Pike

By PAT CAMUSO

DINGMAN TOWNSHIP — The Pennsylvania State Police are investigating three separate burglaries that took place in one gated community as the occupants of the homes slept.

State police in Blooming Grove say the incidents took place during the overnight hours of June 3 in Sunrise Lake Estates in Dingman Township.

According to investigating officer Peter Matyjevich, one house is the weekend home of 72-year-old Carlo Origlio of Pennington, New Jersey. As the thieves gained entry, Origlio was asleep in his bedroom. Two visitors, 75-year-old Michael Dimarco and his wife, 72-year-old Rose Marie Dimarco of Toms River, New Jersey, were fast asleep in a guest bedroom.

Matyjevich said they have determined that the crime took place sometime between midnight and 2:00 a.m. He believes that one or more intruders made their way into the guest room and removed various “personal items” without waking the couple.

The intruders fled the scene without being discovered by the sleeping occupants.

During the same general time period, the Wild Meadow Drive home of Heidi Buchwald was broken into as she slept. According to Trooper Richard Bozym, the thieves gained entry to the Buchwald home by prying open the front door. He explained that they were able to take approximately $600 in cash before arousing the owner and being scared off.

Approximately three miles from the Buchwald residence, the Hillside Drive home of Erick Velez was also broken in to. Bozym said here the intruders gained entry by way of a bathroom window as Velez slept in an upstairs bedroom. The thieves took $250 in cash along with the keys to Velez’s car.

According to Bozym, the thieves then broke into the car, stealing a set of speakers from the trunk before fleeing the scene. None of the occupants of the three homes were injured during the burglaries.