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Twins Arrested In Connection With Dozens Of Rooftop Robberies
POSTED: 2:59 pm EST February 20,
2008
UPDATED: 6:51 pm EST February 20,
2008
Twin brothers were arrested Wednesday in connection with robbing dozens of stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.Keyontyli and Taleon Goffney allegedly broke in through the roof at night, police said.Rite Aid at Front and Snyder streets was robbed on Monday.
Police said the two men are suspected in at least 35 break-ins.The brothers were caught in Philadelphia, but Delaware County police have filed burglary charges against them, too.Police in South Jersey said they think the pair is behind a string of break-ins in the Garden State.Investigators said they believe the brothers break in through the roof, and climb down from a rope."Just over there, they made the hole right here," Young Moon said.The hole Moon pointed out was how the burglars came into Moon's beauty supply store at 9th and Washington.Police said the 25-year-old twins emptied out an ATM machine and the cash register.View Images"He took money from the register, and change, too. He left only pennies," Moon said.Philadelphia police said once they robbed Moon's store, the twins went back through the roof to the Wings and More Store next door. There, police said they stole money from the register, and an ATM machine.Investigators said while the pair was robbing the store, an alarm went off. Police were nearby and caught the twins.Store manager Byung Choi came to find a swarm of police officers in front of his store."Sad, surprised, really angry," Choi said.Ki Moon said she couldn't help but cry after the burglary because it's been a tough year and a half for her family.A roadside bomb killed the Moon's 21-year-old son, Jae, on Christmas Day 2006 while serving in Iraq and Young Moon had a heart transplant six months ago.They were glad police caught the burglars but they have questions."Why?" Ki Moon said. "This is not right. This is not right."The storeowners said they each lost thousands of dollars in the break-ins.If you have any information, you're urged to call Philadelphia police's major crimes unit at 215-686-3396.
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