Wanted: Suspect for Robbery in the 8th District
On November 15, 2011, at 8:00pm, a 68 year-old female and three other complainant’s were at the Wal-Mart located at 1 Franklin Mills Boulevard. While entering their vehicle an unknown male approached them with a knife and forced them into the vehicle. The suspect entered the rear of the vehicle and demanded them to drive to several ATM machines but were unable to obtain any money. The suspect then forced them to drive to the Wells Fargo Bank located at 2349 Street Rd in Bensalem and demanded one of the females to withdraw money from both of their accounts at the ATM. The victim withdrew a total of $700 from both accounts and gave the money to the suspect. The suspect then took an undetermined amount of money from the victims purses and forced the victims to drive him back to the Franklin Mills Mall and fled the vehicle on foot behind Pathmark.
- Suspect Description:
White Male, 20-30 years-of-age, 5’8”-5’10”, 160-190 lbs wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, dark pants with a white stripe, sunglasses, baseball cap armed with a knife.
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If you have any information about this crime or this suspect, please contact:
Northeast Detective Division
Lt. Raymond J. Evers
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