The 'overnight burglar' from Mercer County is back.
Billy M. Woodard, a prolific burglar in the greater Trenton area known for stealthy entries into people homes, often while they sleep, could be headed back to a courtroom in Mercer County soon.in January for dozens of burglaries in Bucks County from July 2018 to May 2019, centered around Lower Makefield, the Bucks District Attorney’s Office said.
In Bucks, the DA’s office said, Woodard worked from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. and also swiped purses or wallets he came across. During the Bucks investigations, investigators huddled with Mercer investigators and suspected they were chasing the same burglar, authorities in both states said. Woodard earned the moniker the “overnight burglar” before he was even caught for a wintertime run of home burglaries in Hamilton in late 2004 and early 2005.
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