More videos sought as hunt for Hopewell burglar continues

Tom Davidson | Thursday, April 11, 2019 3:25 p.m.

Hopewell Police Department

A hammer-wielding burglar smashes a glass door to enter a Beaver County house and steal a jewelry box.

Authorities in Beaver County are seeking surveillance camera footage from April 6 to help them identify a hammer-wielding burglar who smashed a glass door to enter a house and steal a jewelry box on Grand Avenue in Hopewell.

Hopewell police are seeking footage from between 3 and 4 a.m. from cameras that would have captured video on Division Street and Division Street Extension, the direction the suspect ran.

The suspect initially was described as about 5 feet 10 inches tall, but may be as short as 5 feet 6 inches tall, police said.

The person was caught on video smashing a glass door to enter a house and steal a jewelry box. The residents of the house were home at the time, but unharmed, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Hopewell Police Department at 724-378-0557 or the Beaver County dispatching non-emergency line at 724-775-0880.