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Gunpoint Robber Who Held Up Bucks 7-Eleven On The Loose
Police in Bensalem are searching for the man who they say held up a 7-Eleven at gunpoint early Monday, Dec. 19. The suspect walked into the Street Road store just after 7 a.m., pulled out a gun, and demanded cash and cell phones from the employees, investigators said. He is described as a black man wearing a black and gray hoodie with black pants, black Nike sneakers, and sunglasses. To submit a tip, call Bensalem Police at 215-633-3719 or visit the Bucks County Crime Watch website.
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Philadelphia Attempted Murderer Wanted In Area Crime Spree Nabbed: Police
A Philadelphia man wanted for attempted murder in Delaware County, an armed robbery and carjacking was in custody as of Tuesday, Dec. 6, authorities said. Zahkee Austin allegedly tried to kill someone in Middletown Township early Monday, Dec. 5, state police previously said. Zahkee AustinPennsylvania State Police Austin was also believed to have been responsible for an armed robbery in West Goshen Township and a carjacking and shooting in Philadelphia on the same morning. Austin was in West Goshen police custody, the department said.
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Suspects In South Jersey Verizon Store Theft Caught In Philadelphia, One Still At Large:
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UPDATED: A tracking device helped South Jersey police nab three suspects in a Verizon store robbery, though one remains at large, authorities said. Four suspects stole $40,000 in cash and electronic devices during the armed robbery at the Route 73 store in Voorhees Township around 9 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, Voorhees police said. The Verizon employees were restrained with duct tape, they said. A tracker within one of the stolen electronics led officers to a sedan with Florida plates in Philadelphia, where three suspects were nabbed with help from a Philadelphia police helicopter, and a fourt…
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Philly Man Handcuffed, Beaten, And Robbed For $60K: Police
A Philadelphia man standing in his own driveway was robbed of $60,000 cash, according to authorities. City police told Daily Voice that a 33-year-old man was getting out of his car on the 5000 block of Ditman Street in the Frankford neighborhood at around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Three armed men approached the victim, hit him over the head with a gun, and put him in handcuffs, investigators said. The victim managed to escape, but the thieves made off with a briefcase containing $60,000 in cash, police said. He was treated for his head injury at Jefferson Torre…
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: Getaway Minivan Driver Gets 12 Years, No Parole, For Armed Robbery Spree In NJ, PA
UPDATE: The man who drove the getaway car -- actually a minivan -- in an armed robbery spree in New Jersey and Pennsylvania must spend the next 12 years in federal prison. Omar Feliciano-Estremera, 45, was the wheelman for a fellow Trentonian Gabriel Lopez, who authorities said fired a gun during one of the holdups. The pair committed the robberies at mostly convenience stores in Mercer and Union counties in New Jersey and in Bucks County, PA in May and June of 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Lopez "entered the businesses, brandished a handgun, and demanded money from the sto…
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New Surveillance Footage Shows Suspects In Terrifying Philly Home Invasion
Philadelphia police have released new video footage of the suspects who invaded an off-campus Temple University dorm and robbed the residents at gunpoint. As Daily Voice has reported, two men entered a student house on the 1300 block of North 15th Street at about 6 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11. Brandishing handguns, the robbers rounded up 11 students and forced them into the basement while they ransacked the house, police said. The suspects made off with debit cards, credit cards, cell phones, and a silver 2015 Lincoln MKZ, they added. Two of the phones and the car have s…
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Suspects Sought In North Philly Home Invasion, Police Say
Philadelphia police are investigating after a home on the city's north side was invaded at gunpoint early on Monday, Nov. 21, authorities said. Officers were called to a house on the 1900 block of North 18th Street near West Berks Street just before 6:30 a.m., police told Daily Voice. According to authorities, two armed suspects wearing all black had entered a home and stolen cell phones, a tablet, a smartwatch, a laptop, a Glock handgun, and a black Mistubishi Cross. None of the four victims were harmed, police said. Investigators believe the robbers fled the area n…
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Bucks Kidnapper Who Threatened To Kill Teen's Family Gets 40-Year Sentence
A Philadelphia man who kidnapped a Bucks County teen at knifepoint and threatened to kill his family will spend decades behind bars, officials say. Pavel Belous, 37, was sentenced to four consecutive 10-to-20-year sentences for a total of 40 to 80 years in prison, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement Wednesday, Nov. 9. Belous had previously pleaded guilty to terrorizing a Bucks County teen on March 11, 2021. According to the DA, Belous spotted his then-18-year-old victim at a Philadelphia convenience store before stalking him all the way to…
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Reading Bank Robbed, Suspect Still At Large: Police
An armed robber held up a bank in Berks County early on Thursday, Nov. 3, authorities announced. Police said the suspect entered the Riverfront Federal Credit Union at 733 Lancaster Ave. just after 9 a.m. He took out a handgun and approached the teller demanding cash, authorities said. The robber then fled northwest toward the Oakbrook Homes public housing community, officials added. It's not clear how much money was stolen from the bank. The suspect is described as a 6-foot-tall black man wearing a red zip-up jacket with a hood, black pants, and a black surgical face mask…
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Customer Arrested For Armed Robbery At AT&T Store In South Jersey
There was an armed robbery at an AT&T store in Camden County, authorities said. On Monday, Oct. 24, at 8:18 p.m., Gloucester Township Police received a 9-1-1 call reporting a man with a gun at the AT&T store. The call then disconnected. Officers secured a perimeter around the store and immediately located the suspect and took him into custody, police said. An investigation revealed that during an argument, Nathan Jones, 20, of Philadelphia displayed a handgun and stole the employee’s cell phone as he was attempting to call 9-1-1. A search of the area, where Jones was located …
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$10K Reward Offered For Information On Philly Area Wawa Robberies
An armed thief is on the loose in Bucks County, authorities have announced — and a $10,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to his arrest. The suspect, brandishing a handgun, walked into the Wawa convenience store on Holland Road in Northampton just after 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, according to the township police department. The man demanded cash, and fled the store on foot with $175 in hand, officials added. He is also wanted in connection with a similar stickup at a Lower Southampton Township Wawa on Bustleton Pike and Street Road on Monday, Oct. 17, …
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Former Lancaster Mayor Charlie Smithgall Dies At 77
The former mayor of Lancaster, who survived armed robbery and cancer, Charlie Smithgall, has died at the age of 77, according to his family. He passed at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 3:30 a.m., his wife Debbie Smithgall, told LNP. In a post on Facebook, his daughter Allison Smithgall wrote: "It is with the utmost sadness that I wish to share that my dad passed away about an hour ago … Charlie Smithgall was the best dad, husband, poppop & friend anyone in the world could have asked for. He loved his family, he loved his farm and loved his cannons. …
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