The suspect has been identified as Robert Littlepage Jr. of Douglasville, Georgia.
According to the district attorney's office, Littlepage attempted a carjacking on Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. on Elmwood Avenue near 62nd Street.
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Then, authorities say he stole a utility vehicle that was left running at the intersection of 62nd and Reedland streets. They say Littlepage crashed that truck into multiple cars before driving into the school yard of S. Weir Mitchell Elementary School on Kingsessing Avenue.
Fortunately, no one was injured.
Littlepage was apprehended at the scene. He now faces charges of robbery, attempted carjacking, carjacking, aggravated assault, attempted theft, theft, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment of another person, and simple assault.
According to the district attorney's office, Littlepage was recently arrested in April in connection with an incident that occurred in Darby Borough.
Action News spoke with Eric Adkins, who says Littlepage broke into his home on Highland Avenue on April 18.
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Early that morning, Adkins got a call from his next-door neighbor saying someone had broken into his home.
"Then, we heard him come into our house on the third floor, and he started ruffling through to the second floor," Adkins explained.
Adkins said Littlepage eventually got on the roof of his twin home. Surveillance video obtained by Action News shows the suspect walking from one side of the roof to the other before jumping into a tree and falling to the ground.
"It was mind-blowing," Adkins said.
According to court documents, Littlepage was arrested and charged with burglary, criminal trespassing, loitering, criminal mischief, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. He posted bail two days later.
Action News reached out for the attorney representing Littlepage in the case out of Delaware County, but he did not provide comment.