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Philly Man Robbed Two Abington Banks In One Week, Police Say Philly Man Robbed Two Abington Banks In One Week, Police Say
Philly Man Robbed Two Abington Banks In One Week, Police Say Police in Abington say they caught the man who robbed two township banks within days.  Dennis Wilson of Philadelphia is charged with felony robbery and related counts, court records show.  Authorities believe Wilson walked into the PNC Bank at 808 Old York Road on Thursday, April 18, and demanded money with a handwritten note. He fled with an undisclosed sum of cash, police said.  Then on Monday, April 22, detectives said Wilson walked into the 710 Old York Road TD Bank and again demanded money with a note before fleeing.  After both robberies, police said Wilson …

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by Mac Bullock
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Abington Bank Robbers Slam Into Police Car During Getaway, Authorities Say Abington Bank Robbers Slam Into Police Car During Getaway, Authorities Say
Abington Bank Robbers Slam Into Police Car During Getaway, Authorities Say A brief pursuit of two accused thieves ended when they crashed their getaway car into an Abington police cruiser on Tuesday, Jan. 9, according to officials.  It began when the suspects robbed a bank on the 1300 block of Old York Road around 3:30 p.m., Abington police wrote in a release.  A short time later, officers near the corner of Meetinghouse and Fox Chase roads spotted a car matching the suspect vehicle's description, authorities said.  The suspects sped away when police tried to pull them over, "causing several minor accidents" before crashing into a squad car, accord…

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by Mac Bullock
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Elderly Pedestrian Killed By Car Outside Abington Hospital: Police Elderly Pedestrian Killed By Car Outside Abington Hospital: Police
Elderly Pedestrian Killed By Car Outside Abington Hospital: Police An elderly woman is dead after being struck by a car in front of Jefferson Abington Hospital on early Friday, according to authorities.  Police were called to the intersection of Old York and Woodland roads just before 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 23, officials said in a press release.  They arrived to find the woman lying in the road with serious injuries, police said. She was declared dead at the scene moments later, and her identity has not yet been released. The driver remained at the scene and is fully cooperating with investigators, authorities said.  Anyone who witnessed the cr…

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by Mac Bullock