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Allentown Armed Gas Station Convenience Store Robber Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen Allentown Armed Gas Station Convenience Store Robber Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen
Allentown Armed Gas Station Convenience Store Robber Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen A federal judge in Philadelphia sentenced a New Jersey man to a plea-bargained 14 years and nine months in prison for robbing a gas station convenience store in Allentown with a sawed-off rifle. Brandon Garcia, 22, of Jersey City, poked one Speedway station employee with the gun as he ordered him to “get down!” while demanding cash and Newports during one of the robberies on March 28, 2017, Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. A good Samaritan who’d pulled in for gas saw Garcia all dressed in black with his hood up and holding a gun, so he dialed 911. The citizen then fol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
FEDS: NJ Man Facing Nearly 15 Years For Gunpoint Robbery Of 3 PA Convenience Stores FEDS: NJ Man Facing Nearly 15 Years For Gunpoint Robbery Of 3 PA Convenience Stores
Feds: NJ Man Facing Nearly 15 Years For Gunpoint Robbery Of 3 PA Convenience Stores A New Jersey man is facing nearly 15 years behind bars for his alleged armed robbery of a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Allentown in 2017, federal authorities announced. Brandon Garcia, 22, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty in 2019 to multiple felonies arising from the Mar. 28, 2017 robbery, including Hobbs Act robbery, and using, carrying, or possessing a machine gun during a crime, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. During the robbery, it is alleged that Garcia used a long gun to threaten store employees and poked one employee with th…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Wallet, Cash Stolen In Back-To-Back Phillipsburg Armed Robberies Wallet, Cash Stolen In Back-To-Back Phillipsburg Armed Robberies
Wallet, Cash Stolen In Back-To-Back Phillipsburg Armed Robberies A wallet and more than $200 in cash was were stolen during two back-to-back armed robberies in Phillipsburg over the weekend, authorities said. Two men, at least one in a ski mask, approached the first victim near Fischer Avenue and Anderson Avenue, showed a gun and demanded his wallet around 7 p.m. Sunday, LehighValleyLive reports citing Warren County Prosecutor Jim Pfeiffer. The men took the victim’s wallet and ran in different directions, Pfeiffer said in the report. The second robbery occurred hours later at the Sunoco on Memorial Parkway. A tall, thin man demanded money from the servi…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Police: Allentown Pair Nabbed In Dual Gas Station, Grocery Store Robberies Police: Allentown Pair Nabbed In Dual Gas Station, Grocery Store Robberies
Police: Allentown Pair Nabbed In Dual Gas Station, Grocery Store Robberies Police in Allentown have arrested two people they say were involved in back-to-back robberies at a local gas station and grocery store. Carmelo Pardo, 37, and Iris Rodriguez, 43, are accused of committing a robbery at Sunoco on South 4th Street in Allentown around 5 a.m. on Jan. 28, police said. The two then carried out a robbery at Jayden Grocery Store on South 8th Street around 8 a.m. the next day, police said. A follow-up investigation identified Pardo and Rodriguez as the suspects, police said. Both were arrested and charged with burglary, criminal conspiracy and theft. Pardo faces tw…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Police Seek Man Who Robbed Sunoco Station Wrapped In Vanilla-Scented Trash Bags Police Seek Man Who Robbed Sunoco Station Wrapped In Vanilla-Scented Trash Bags
Police Seek Man Who Robbed Sunoco Station Wrapped In Vanilla-Scented Trash Bags Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help identifying a man who they say wrapped himself in "vanilla-scented" white garbage bags while he robbed a local Sunoco gas station early Friday morning. The man forced a clerk into the restroom and demanded Newport cigarettes and an unknown amount of cash, Lower Southampton Township police said. Police describe the suspect as 5'8" to 5'9" tall, large build, wearing black glasses, a gray face mask, gray gloves. and an olive green winter coat in addition to the trash bags also over his shoes. The robber was last seen exiting the store…

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by Nicole Acosta