Employee Assaulted, Locked In Closet During Armed Robbery Of Route 70 Mattress Store: PD

A mattress store employee was assaulted and locked in a closet during an armed robbery in Evesham on Wednesday, Dec. 27, authorities said.

Evesham Mattress Warehouse armed robbery.
Photo Credit: *Evesham PD*

Sam Barron

12/29/2023 10:27 a.m.

At 6:30 p.m., an unknown man, wearing all black with a face covering and carrying a black weapon, believed to be a knife, entered the Mattress Warehouse and demanded money, Evesham police said.

The suspect assaulted the employee and then locked him in a closet before fleeing the store, police said.

The employee was able to free themselves and called police, officers said. They were taken to Virtua Hospital for non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Evesham Police Department at 856-983-1111 or e-mail kennedys@eveshampd.org.

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