Manheim Township police are investigating the thefts of car wheels and tires, stereo equipment, a purse, a wallet, cash, an iPhone and even a SpongeBob Squarepants chair.
Someone on Saturday got out of a car while it was stopped in the 1200 block of Manheim Pike and took a $99 foam SpongeBob rocking chair that was on display in front of the Furniture & Mattress Discounters store, police said.
• Diana Nathan, 18, of Penn Avenue in Ephrata, told police that she put her purse on top of her vehicle in the 700 block of Brentwood Drive a little after 9:30 Friday night and went for a short walk. Police said that when she returned, her purse was gone. Loss is about $460.
• Jesse Enck, 25, of Spruce Street, Lititz, reported that someone took his wallet after he placed it on the bar at American Bar & Grill, 1081 N. Plum St., Friday night. Video surveillance captured the theft. The investigation continues. Loss is about $800.
• Patrick Shaknitz, 18, of Amesbury Road, told police that someone took cash and an iPhone from his gym bag in a locker room at Manheim Township High School on Friday afternoon. Loss is about $595.
• A man on Friday took $541 worth of stereo equipment from Walmart, 2030 Fruitville Pike, and fled in a Ford F-150 truck, police reported. A vehicle registration plate was obtained.
• At 12:30 a.m. Friday, Vanessa Fontanez of Vine Street met a man in an alley near the 900 block of North Prince Street to sell him four wheels and tires for $900, police said.
The man loaded up the items, but then fled without paying, police said. The suspect, in his 20s, was driving a blue/gray Nissan Maxima.