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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Armed robber strikes at Rite Aid

A hefty, scruffy-bearded bandit robbed a South Philadelphia Rite Aid at gunpoint on Monday, police said.

Surveillance images show the thief, a balding, 30-something white man who wore glasses and a white striped golf shirt, walking into the store, at Snyder Avenue near Swanson Street, at 3:46 p.m.

Police said he wandered the aisles for about 30 minutes, then followed a female Rite Aid employee as she entered the store's office. The crook pulled out a black handgun and ordered the employee to empty the store's safe. Police said the robber made off with about $3,000 and fled on foot in an unknown direction

Tipsters can contact South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Posted by David Gambacorta @ 3:26 PM  Permalink | 20 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:07 PM, 07/21/2009
    he waddled off at a high rate of speed.
    — scorpio27
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:08 PM, 07/21/2009
    now THAT guy looks like he's skilled with the ladies.
    — Bud Fox
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:10 PM, 07/21/2009
    3000 at rite aid? wow
    — rayne215
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:10 PM, 07/21/2009
    Family Guy is shooting scenes in Philly?
    — FletcherT
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:17 PM, 07/21/2009
    Why they say it a white man? Maybe that's a black man in makeup. Or the black man is hiding behind that guy. No way a white man hold up a Rite Aid.
    — JerryCurlan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:33 PM, 07/21/2009
    wow, what an animal!
    — YouHaveGotToBeKidding
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:08 PM, 07/21/2009
    He will be hard to find.
    — Jim C.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:11 PM, 07/21/2009
    Tie between Bud Fox and FletcherT. BTW, Homer, horizontal stripes are NOT slimming. And I'm guessing he wasn't in the Slim-Fast aisle for 30 minutes. It wasn't a black guy in a fat suit, it was 2 black guys. Yeah, I'm bored at work, I'll show myself out.
    — Phils_World_Champs
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:02 PM, 07/21/2009
    Ease up you guys and show a little sensitivity. He is obviously a black man born into a white man's body and is awaiting pre-op racial re-assignment at the Michael Jackson Clinic for Passing.
    — Fernando08
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