{"id":128923,"date":"2026-03-04T00:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/128923\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:58:11","slug":"state-police-urge-caretakers-of-elderly-to-know-contents-of-estate-amid-recent-burglaries-berks-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/128923\/","title":{"rendered":"State Police urge caretakers of elderly to know contents of estate amid recent burglaries | Berks Regional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>READING, Pa. \u2013 Pennsylvania State Police say more victims could be discovered in a burglary case that shocked many across Berks County.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say 39-year-old Derrick Raker searched obituaries online and then targeted the homes of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the alleged burglaries happened between June and September 2025, across multiple townships in Berks County and one in Lebanon County.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers say the case expanded after Raker was arrested during a burglary in progress last fall. Investigators say he targeted valuables, including guns.<\/p>\n<p>Now, police are warning families to take precautions when managing a loved one\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are in a position where you are taking care of an elderly relative, it is always a good thing to know the valuables that are inside of their houses,\u201d said Trooper Ethan Brownback, spokesperson for the State Police. \u201cTaking pictures of them could never be a bad idea, especially firearms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Derrick Raker\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69a714c29aea0.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Investigators say 39-year-old Derrick Raker searched obituaries online and then targeted the homes of the deceased<\/p>\n<p>                                    Berks County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p>Raker is charged with eight counts of burglary and related offenses. Bail is set at $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>State Police say the investigation remains active and additional victims may still come forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. \u2013 Pennsylvania State Police say more victims could be discovered in a burglary case that shocked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[411,59984,37621,1224,128,130,129,59985],"class_list":["post-128923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-burglary","tag-elderly-care","tag-estate","tag-pennsylvania-state-police","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-valuables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}