Neighbors catch suspected thief during community's National Night Out

BETHEL PARK, Pa. — A local man is in jail after police said he tried stealing items from Bethel Park homes during the community's National Night Out.

Darren Jolly, 28, of Scenery Hill, is accused of pulling his truck up into the driveways of homes on Bethel Green Drive Tuesday night and taking items from backyards.

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Dominic Butera lives nearby, saw Jolly running and then confronted him.

"I grabbed him by his shirt and kicked his legs out from underneath him and threw a few punches because he wouldn't stop," Butera said.

Jolly tried to punch one person before several people took him to the ground and held him there until police got there and arrested him, police said.

"When I got him on the ground, I told him he was going to go to jail, and he told me, 'I'll just get charged with trespassing, I'm not worried about it,'" Butera said.

Jolly is facing several charges,  including theft, trespassing and simple assault.  He was taken to the Allegheny County Jail.

National Night Out is a chance for the community and police to come together to keep their communities safe.

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