According to information provided by the office of Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin, an Allentown man was charged on Sept. 14 with the theft of five vehicles taken over a three-month period.

Kadeem Paul Roberts, 21, of 415 S. 17th St., Allentown, was charged with five counts each of theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property, both felonies of the third degree, as well as with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor of the second degree.

Detectives Salvatore Aprile, Joseph Conway and Chad Wasserman of the District Attorney’s Auto Theft Task Force investigated the thefts of five vehicles taken between May 14 and on Aug. 14 from locations in Upper Macungie, South Whitehall, Salisbury and Lower Macungie townships.

In June, a fingerprint was found at the scene of a burglary of a garage from which a vehicle was taken.

The fingerprint allegedly matched Roberts, who was the “lookout” at that burglary but participated in the thefts of the five other vehicles.

All of the vehicles were recovered within a small geographical area in Allentown.

Each vehicle had been left unlocked with the keys inside prior to being taken.

Martin commended Aprile, Conway, Wasserman and Chief Deputy District Attorney David J. Mussel, task force supervisor, for their efforts in ending this three-month spree.