STATE PAROLEE BUSTED ON WCU CAMPUS

EAST BRADFORD – A Philadelphia man on state parole for prior theft offenses in the city and Montgomery County is in custody after allegedly breaking into three apartments on the West Chester University campus over the past four days.

WCU Police responded to the South Campus Apartment complex on four separate occasions between Friday afternoon and early this evening for reports of burglaries and uninvited persons, all of which allegedly involving one Julius A. Collier, 25, of the 100 block of East Mayland Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia.

The first incident occurred on Friday at 15:20, when a female resident of one apartment reported that a laptop which had been on her desk was removed from the apartment. She had reported seeing a black male wearing a red jacket loitering outside the apartment.

The second incident occurred on Saturday at 12:29, when a female resident of a different apartment observed a black male wearing a red jacket and with a tattoo in the middle of his forehead in her apartment. She told police that he had entered her apartment without permission and had never heard him knock on the door or announce his entry.

The third incident was reported yesterday afternoon at 12:28, when the female resident of yet another apartment reported that a black male had entered her apartment unannounced and slowly entered her room until she spotted him. The suspect fled shortly after the resident spotted him.

The final incident that led to Collier's arrest took place a short time later at 16:00, when residents of a fourth apartment spotted a subject matching the description of the perp from the three earlier incidents. The residents told police that they were missing various valuable items from their respective rooms.

Det. Sgt. Matt Paris located Collier shortly after he arrived on scene. Collier was reportedly wearing a red jacket at the time he was taken into custody, and also had a noticeable tattoo on his forehead – among other parts of his head and neck. After the victims positively identified Collier as the man who entered their apartments, Collier was taken into custody.

Collier has had five separate criminal cases dating back to 2002:

• February 16, 2002: Ofc. James Pitts of the Philadelphia Police Department's 14^th District arrests Collier after the suspect was reportedly spotted in a stolen vehicle in Northwest Philadelphia. Collier is charged with TBUT, Receiving Stolen Property, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle (CP-51-CR-0901471-2002).
  
• May 28, 2002: While on bail for the first stolen vehicle case, Collier is arrested by Ofc. Donald Suchinsky of the 14^th District and charged with TBUT, Receiving Stolen Property, Criminal Mischief, Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, and Criminal Conspiracy (CP-51-CR-0706671-2002).
  
• July 1, 2002: As if he didn't learn the first time, Collier is arrested by Ofc. Hector Maldonado of the 14^th District and charged with TBUT, Receiving Stolen Property, and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle (CP-15-CR-0706681-2002).
  
• July 8, 2002: Collier is ordered held for trial on all counts on the May 2002 and the July 2002 case after hearings in front of Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Edward Mekel.
  
• August 23, 2002: Collier is ordered held for trial on all counts on the February 2002 case after a preliminary hearing in front of Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Felice Rowley Stack.
  
• September 27, 2002: Collier pleads guilty to three separate TBUT counts in front of Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Thomas Dempsey and is sentenced to 6-to-23 months at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility to be followed by 2 years of probation consecutive to parole.
  
• February 4, 2005: Collier is arrested yet again by 14^th District officers; this time, Ofc. Fred Wiley charges Collier with TBUT and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle (CP-51-CR-0203131-2005).
  
• February 9, 2005: Collier is ordered held for trial after a preliminary hearing in front of Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Teresa Deni.
  
• April 6, 2005: Collier pleads guilty to a charge of TBUT in front of Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley and is sentenced to 2-to-23 months at CFCF to be followed by one year of probation consecutive to parole.
  
• April 14, 2005: Collier is found to have violated his parole from the 2002 convictions; Judge Dempsey sentences Collier to 8-to-23 months at CFCF.
  
• October 22, 2006: Collier expands his criminal empire into the suburbs when Ofc. Oswaldo Toledo of the Abington Township (Montgomery County) Police charges Collier with Retail Theft and Receiving Stolen Property. Collier is committed to Montgomery County Correctional Facility in lieu of $5,000 cash bail.
  
• November 3, 2006: Collier is ordered held for trial on the Retail Theft charge after a preliminary hearing in front of Abington District Judge Juanita Price.
  
• February 20, 2007: Collier is again found in violation of his parole on the 2002 convictions; Judge Dempsey revokes and reinstates the 8-to-23 month jail sentence; Collier was ordered to serve the balance of his parole term.
  
• March 1, 2007: Collier pleads guilty to the misdemeanor Retail Theft charge in front of Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge William Furber and is sentenced to 129 days (time served) to 23 months at MCCF to be followed by one year of probation consecutive to parole (CP-46-CR-0008080-2006).
  
• March 21, 2007: Collier is found to have violated his parole in the 2005 conviction; Judge Brinkley, apparently in a move that is unusual by Philadelphia standards, re-sentences Collier to a 2-to-4 year state prison sentence, to be followed by three years of state probation consecutive to parole.
  

Unlike most criminals who are go through the Philadelphia court system, Collier was arrested on four separate felony complaints and all four of his cases resulted in convictions in Common Pleas Court. To that extent, I don't care if Ms. Genece Brinkley is a Philadelphia Common Pleas judge (and, presumably, a Democrat), if she ever runs for Superior Court, she has my vote.

Collier was arraigned last night by West Chester District Judge Mark Bruno on three felony counts of Criminal Trespassing and committed to CCP in lieu of $7,500 cash bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday in front of Downingtown District Judge Rita Arnold (15-2-06, CR-0000562-09). Sources close to the case tell Unplugged that additional charges are possible, pending further investigation.