3 arrested after burglary, foot chase in Edgeworth, police say

Three suspects are in custody after a burglary and foot chase Thursday morning in Edgeworth, according to police.

Around 8:40 a.m., the owner of a home on Oliver Road called police because she saw two masked men trying to break in through her back door, Edgeworth police Chief John Burlett told TribLive.

The woman was not home, but spotted the suspects through a remotely monitored security camera, Burlett said. When he arrived along with Officer Russ Hartzell, the men ran.

Hartzell chased the suspects, hopping fences between Oliver Road and Maple Lane, according to Burlett. One of the suspects was stopped at Maple Lane, he said, after a man who was working from home came outside and tackled him, allowing Hartzell to handcuff him.

“That saved us a lot of running,” Burlett said.

The other man fleeing on foot was spotted by Leetsdale police crawling through bushes at the intersection of Maple and Edgeworth lanes, Burlett said.

A third man in what Burlett described as a “possible getaway car” was apprehended on Mt. Nebo Road by Ohio Township police. He said an officer happened to be behind the car when police received a “be on the lookout” notice for the vehicle.

Burlett declined to release the suspects’ names, since no charges have been filed. He did say police plan to charge one of them with burglary and the other two with conspiracy.

One of the men has an outstanding warrant in Pennsylvania and another in Georgia, according to Burlett.

The Quaker Valley School District was briefly placed on lockdown in response to the burglary out of what district officials called “an abundance of caution.”

The shelter-in-place order was lifted around 10 a.m. and normal school operations resumed.