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$30,000 in electronics stolen from Germantown Friends School

The same burglars struck the private school twice in the same week.

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Philadelphia police are investigating the theft of an estimated $30,000 in electronics from the Germantown Friends School.

Two burglars broke into school located at 31 W. Coulter St. the nights of Aug. 5 and Aug. 9 and stole electronic devices, including 16 Mac mini computers, two 60-inch flat panel TVs, desktop computers, and an iPad over the two nights, police said Tuesday.

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The pair, who appeared to be in their late teens, entered the school grounds from the cemetery at West Coulter and Greene Streets and left on foot with the stolen items on Germantown Avenue, police said.

Investigators on Tuesday released surveillance video in an effort to identify the thieves. The same two people are suspected of entering the school both days.

Anyone with information was asked to call Northwest Detectives at 215-686-3353 or -3354.