Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Friday 31st January 2025, at 15:10hrs
He stolen a car from Chorley in one of the burglaries
A man from Yorkshire who travelled in a taxi to burgle houses in Lancashire is now behind bars.
In a statement released today, Lancashire Police said:
“This is Jordan May who made the journey over the Pennines to commit crime in Lancashire.
May travelled by taxi from Yorkshire to Lancashire where he attempted to break into houses in Chorley.
He tried to burgle three homes in Haydock Drive, Alexander Close, and Lighthurst Lane, before stealing a car from outside a fourth house in Chester Avenue, in the space of two-and-a-half hours in the early hours of 15th November 2023.
The houses were in the same area of Chorley, with May being one of two men who tried the door handle of one of the addresses and tried to burn a door lock at two of the others.
Justice caught up with May thanks to the work of Lancashire Police’s South Burglary Team.
Their enquiries found that May had called a taxi in Leeds and travelled to Blackburn.
A second taxi was then booked from Blackburn to Chorley.
Later, the car which was stolen in Chorley was seen heading towards Blackburn.
May, 23, of no fixed address, appeared for sentence at Leeds Crown Court this week after pleading guilty to three charges of attempted burglary and theft of a vehicle.
He was jailed for 27 months.
Op Defender is a Lancashire Police force wide campaign to crackdown on residential burglary.
It aims to locate and arrest offenders, take positive action to reduce residential burglary through crime prevention advice, and to safeguard and support victims of crime, keeping them at the heart of investigations.
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