A Philadelphia man is facing charges after police say DNA evidence connected him to a December 2024 attempted burglary and suspicious activity in Lower Saucon Township.
Jahid K. Robinson (Credit: Lower Saucon Township Police Department/Crimewatch)
Police say 21-year-old Jahid Kareem Robinson tried to enter a home in the 2000 block of Charles Drive on Dec. 15, 2024, and also entered a vehicle in the home’s driveway. Later that same day, they said he tried to enter a home and vehicle in the 1500 block of Noah’s Circle.
Investigators processed the crime scenes for DNA evidence and ultimately obtained a profile from a DNA sample that was found on a vehicle door handle. Police said the profile was entered into the Combined DNA Index System (Codis) and matched Robinson’s DNA. They said confirmation of the match was later made via a DNA sample police obtained after serving Robinson with a search warrant at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, where he has been imprisoned since July.
According to the update police shared on Crimewatch on Friday, Robinson also admitted in an interview that the surveillance imagery captured at the time of the attempted burglary was of him.
Robinson is charged with one count of Attempted Criminal Trespass (Felony 3), two counts of Attempted Theft from a Motor Vehicle (Misdemeanor 3) and a summary count of criminal trespassing.
According to the docket filed in his case, as of Nov. 7 he remained incarcerated in the Montgomery County prison and was scheduled to be arraigned on the charges he is facing in Lower Saucon Township on Thursday, Dec. 4 in Easton.
The docket didn’t list an attorney for Robinson.
Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using information from the Lower Saucon Township Police Department and Northampton County court records.