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Hatfield Woman Gets 3 to 10 Years in State Prison for Burglary Spree

Kristin Anne Leidy, 31, of the 500 block of South Main Street, Hatfield, was sentenced this week to state prison for her role in numerous burglaries in Bucks and Montgomery counties.

A Hatfield woman who admitted her role in a daytime burglary spree of homes in Bucks and Montgomery counties was sentenced this week to three to 10 years in state prison for her crimes.
Kristin Anne Leidy, 31, of the 500 block of South Main Street, Hatfield, pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts of burglary, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property and conspiracy to commit those crimes in connection with incidents that occurred between February and April 2012, according to Main Line Media.
Leidy committed the crimes with her boyfriend and convicted burglar Joshua Ryan Siringhaus, 32, of the 1600 block of Supplee Road, Upper Gwynedd. Siringhaus has already pleaded guilty to his crimes and is awaiting sentencing, per the report.
Leidy and Siringhaus must also pay back $88,949 to their victims.
Leidy 
Leidy committed the crimes with her boyfriend and convicted burglar Joshua Ryan Siringhaus, 32, of the 1600 block of Supplee Road, Upper Gwynedd. Siringhaus has already pleaded guilty to his crimes and is awaiting sentencing, per the report.
Leidy and Siringhaus must also pay back $88,949 to their victims.
Leidy has also faced felony receiving stolen property charges from Hatfield Township in 2007 and spent a little over a year in prison, according to county records.
Police said Hatfield, Franconia, Lower Salford, Salford, Hilltown, West Rockhill and Haycock townships started experiencing daytime residential burglaries beginning in March 2012.
Leidy and Siringhaus targeted jewelry and cash, police said. The burglaries occurred in the daytime hours throughout the week when most of the homes were unoccupied, police said.
A burglary task force was formed with officers from Franconia Township Police, Hatfield Township Police, Lower Salford Township Police, Pennridge Regional Police and Pennsylvania State Police at Skippack, police said.
Siringhaus and Leidy were nabbed using evidence recovered from several of the burglary scenes, police said. 
On April 17, Hatfield Township Police obtained an arrest warrant for Siringhaus and charged him with burglary and related offenses, police said.
On April 17, Cheltenham Township Police located Siringhaus and Leidy in their jurisdiction, police said. Siringhaus was arrested on the Hatfield Township Police warrant and Leidy was arrested on an unrelated warrant, police said.
During a search of Siringhaus' car, police found receipts from pawn and metal shops and suspected stolen items.
Police also found a bloody T-shirt with a bullet hole in it; a Hilltown homeowner had shot at Siringhaus with a .22-caliber while he was breaking in through a window, police said.
Hatfield Township and Lower Salford Township Police detectives interviewed Siringhaus and he admitted he was responsible for numerous burglaries throughout Hatfield Township, Franconia Township, Lower Salford Township and Salford Township, police said.
Detectives determined Siringhaus and Leidy acted together to commit daytime residential burglaries in Montgomery and Bucks Counties, police said, in order to support Siringhaus' heroin habit.
In many of the cases, Leidy knocked at the front door to determine if anyone was home before Siringhaus broke into the residence, police said.
According to county records, Siringhaus has faced a judge on criminal incidents nine times between September 2008 and May 2000.
In September 2008, Siringhaus was arrested on six charges, including DUI. All six charges were dismissed by District Judge Ken Deatelhauser in Souderton in March 2009.
In October 2001, Siringhaus was arrested for retail theft and receiving stolen property in Towamencin Township. He pleaded guilty in county court to receiving stolen property and was sentenced to four months to one year in prison, according to county records.
If someone answered the door, they claimed to be looking for their lost dog or used another excuse to explain why they had knocked at the residence, police said. 
According to Main Line Media, Siringhaus' palm or fingerprints were lifted from homes in Upper Salford, Hilltown, Hatfield and Haycock townships. Police also traced cell phone records of the two to the areas of burglarized homes and witnesses spotted Siringhaus' Saturn in the area of the burglaries.


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