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VIDEO: Shoppers Held At Gunpoint In Chilling Philly Robbery VIDEO: Shoppers Held At Gunpoint In Chilling Philly Robbery
Video: Shoppers Held At Gunpoint In Chilling Philly Robbery Four masked men stormed a West Philadelphia corner store, holding customers and employees at gunpoint before making off with thousands, authorities say.  It started just before 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, Philly police said in a statement. The men pull up to the front door of the Wyndale Grocery in a black Honda Accord and enter the store, security footage shows.  Surveillance video released by police shows the robbery unfolding. PhiladelphiaPolice Inside, three of the men rounded up witnesses at gunpoint while a fourth stole cash from behind the counter, police wrote. Video shows one su…

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by Mac Bullock
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St. Joseph's University Student Tied Up, Robbed At Gunpoint: Report St. Joseph's University Student Tied Up, Robbed At Gunpoint: Report
St. Joseph's University Student Tied Up, Robbed At Gunpoint: Report Authorities in Philadelphia are seeking the public's help in locating a group of at least three people who they say tied up and robbed a St. Joseph's University student at gunpoint, according to 6abc. The 19-year-old victim was sleeping when the suspects broke into his off-campus housing on the 5700 block of Drexel Road, tied him up, and robbed him of his phone, wallet, and laptop around 4:40 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, the news outlet reports. St. Joseph's University released the following statement to 6abc: "The University's first priority remains the safety and well-being of our students. We…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Police Nab Pair Wanted In Armed Robbery Of Allentown Pedestrians Police Nab Pair Wanted In Armed Robbery Of Allentown Pedestrians
Police Nab Pair Wanted In Armed Robbery Of Allentown Pedestrians Police have arrested two men who they say robbed pedestrians at gunpoint on Monday, March 21. Timothy Gordillo, 20, and Samuel Gordillo, 22, both of Allentown, held two civilians at gunpoint near 2nd and Gordon Streets around 1:40 a.m., Allentown police said. Police did not specify what had been stolen. The victims provided police with the suspects' descriptions, and officers captured them a short while later, they said. Samuel Gordillo was charged with the following:  Robbery which Inflicts or Threatens Bodily Injury ​ Firearms Not to Be Carried Without a Licen…

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by Nicole Acosta
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7-Eleven Worker Robbed At Gunpoint In Bensalem, Police Say 7-Eleven Worker Robbed At Gunpoint In Bensalem, Police Say
7-Eleven Worker Robbed At Gunpoint In Bensalem, Police Say A Bensalem 7-Eleven store worker was robbed at gunpoint last week, leaving police looking for two suspects, authorities said. A man in all black, wearing an orange construction vest, a black winter hat, and clear glasses, wielded a handgun and demanded cash at the store on Lincoln Highway around 3:10 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, Bensalem police said. Meanwhile, another man in all black, carrying a red bag and also wearing a hat was breaking into the PA skills machine with a tool believed to be a hammer, according to police. The men fled on foot in an unknown direction, police said. Po…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Teens Threaten To Shoot Warren County Vape Shop Workers, Flee With Nearly $1K In Proceeds: PD Teens Threaten To Shoot Warren County Vape Shop Workers, Flee With Nearly $1K In Proceeds: PD
Teens Threaten To Shoot Warren County Vape Shop Workers, Flee With Nearly $1K In Proceeds: PD Two teens were jailed after robbing a Warren County vape shop at gunpoint, authorities said. The 17-year-old boys from Hudson and Monmouth counties walked into Good Guy Vapes on Main Street in Hackettstown and started to asked about different items just before 6:25 p.m. Friday, local police said. The suspects then failed to show identification when trying to purchase the items, authorities said. When a worker asked about being involved in a previous theft from the store, the suspects acted “irate,” and one of them threatened to shoot them with a .22 gun, police said. The workers then back…

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by Valerie Musson