Jewelry Thefts Reported in Worcester, Skippack
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the incidents
Theft by Unlawful Taking in Worcester Township
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a theft at the 2200 block of Warner Road in Worcester Township between Aug. 21 and Aug. 28.
Unknown actor(s) arrived at the home of the victim, a 55-year-old female, and removed jewelry from a standing jewelry box in the master bedroom, according to the police report. The actor(s) then fled in an unknown direction.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact PSP-Skippack at 610-584-1250 and reference K03-1872210.
Burglary reported in Skippack Township
Police are investigating a burglary at the 1100 block of Anders Road in Skippack Township between Aug. 11 and Aug. 13.
According the Pennsylvania State Police, unknown actor(s) entered the residence by forcing in a first floor air conditioning unit in the living room and stole roughly $3,000 in items.
The actor(s) made off with a diamond tennis bracelet, various costume jewelry, a silver treasure memory box, a silver necklace with stones, silver earrings with stones, a gold blessed mother medallion and an antique rifle.
Police ask anyone with information on the incident to contact PSP-Skippack at 610-584-1250 and reference incident number K03-1869525.
Laura Winslow
9:42 am on Friday, August 31, 2012
Why do you use the word "actor(s)"? It's pretentious and not clear!
Brittany Tressler
10:01 am on Friday, August 31, 2012
Hi Laura -
I've actually thought about that myself.
The word "actor(s)" is the official term police use in their reports, which is the basis for some of my crime articles. I keep that word because I want to be as clear as possible, for two reasons:
1. The word "actor" is used because the police don't know who committed the crime. If there was a suspect in the case, the word would be "suspect" - not actor. I write a lot about cases where police are looking for help on an incident, so I run into "actor" a lot.
2. I keep the (s) after actors because the police don't know if it was one person or several people.
So, I guess my other options would be person(s), character(s), individual(s)...which, to me, don't sound much different than "actor(s)."
I hope that answers your question!
matt
10:26 am on Friday, August 31, 2012
Wow - I never heard of using that either, I was going to ask the same question. Thanks for the amazing journalistic insight. You learn something new everyday!!