On March 30, 2022 at 6:57pm, the Upper Moreland Police Department was called to investigate two suspicious males at the Peniel Presbyterian Church building located at 301 Woodlawn Avenue. This building is abandoned and was due to be torn down. Unauthorized access to this property was prohibited.

Officers responded and quickly apprehended two males that were burglarizing the building - targeting the copper that remained in the structure. Rufino Urizar-Beteta and Christian Hernandez-Soto were taken into custody and charged with Burglary, Criminal Trespass, Possessing an Instrument of Crime and Theft by Unlawful Taking. 

On May 2, 2022, Chief Block and the Township Commissioners honored the responding officers with a Unit Citation. Join us in congratulating these officers on a job well done!