Man Charged In Serial Burglaries
29-year-old William Goetz is charged with burglary, criminal trespass and other offenses.
He allegedly broke into homes in Hatfield Township, Hatfield Borough and Perkasie last month by cutting window screens or pushing in window air conditioners and stole cash, jewelry, electronics and a Smith and Wesson nine millimeter handgun.
Police set up surveillance in the area of the Hatfield Village Apartments for several days, and they got search warrants to search a unit where Goetz had been staying with a woman, as well as the cell phones he used.
Court documents say they recovered some stolen items from the apartment and others from shops in Telford and Quakertown, where jewelry and electronics had been sold.
