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Berks Driver Robbed And Kidnapped, Suspect At Large: Police Berks Driver Robbed And Kidnapped, Suspect At Large: Police
Berks Driver Robbed And Kidnapped, Suspect At Large: Police A shopper at a Berks County gas station was kidnapped and robbed by a man who claimed he was armed, and police say the suspect is still on the loose.  The victim was in the parking lot of the Circle K at 1255 North Reading Avenue in Colebrookdale Township at around 8:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27, when they were approached by the suspect, Eastern Berks Regional Police said.  The robber said he had a gun, and vowed he would shoot the victim and others unless they withdrew cash from the gas station's ATM and forked it over, police wrote.  The victim complied and was followed into th…

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by Mac Bullock
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9-1-1 Caller Told Berks Police He Was Returning Fire — He Lied, Authorities Say 9-1-1 Caller Told Berks Police He Was Returning Fire — He Lied, Authorities Say
9-1-1 Caller Told Berks Police He Was Returning Fire — He Lied, Authorities Say A 9-1-1 caller who told police he was returning fire when he shot at two men in a vehicle turned out to be the only gunman in the Berks County incident, authorities said. Zachary Thomas Harmon, 29, called police on July 29 saying two men that he knows pulled up to his 81 Poole Hill Road home and fired four of five shots from their car after an argument around 3:15 a.m., Douglass Township police said. Harmon told police he fired three shots back at the car as it pulled away. He said he knew he struck the vehicle as the driver's side taillight went out. The car and males in question whe…

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by Cecilia Levine