The suspect in a series of robberies in Olney stops passersby on the street, talks to them about his murdered brother and then demands their cash and cell phones, police said.
Surveillance footage recorded the suspect walking near a bus stop in Olney in mid-January, and police are seeking help from the public to identify and arrest him.
The man is wanted in connection with five robberies that happened between Jan. 4. And Jan. 27, police said.
The robberies occurred on Wyoming Avenue near 13th Street, Broad Street near Loudon, and Glenwood Avenue near 15th Street. Police said the man also targeted victims on Olney Avenue near Marvine Street twice.
Victims told police the man either said he had a handgun, or pulled one out on them when he demanded their belongings.
The suspect is described as a dark-skinned black man who is between 40 and 50 years old. Police said the man between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall, has a stocky build and a scruffy beard.
Tipsters are asked to call the Northwest Detective Division at 215-686-3353, or 215-686-TIPS.
Dana DiFilippo has covered murder, mayhem and miscellany at the Daily News since 2000. She grew up in Delaware County and studied journalism and photography at Penn State University. E-mail tips to difilid@phillynews.com.
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Stephanie Farr has been reporting for the Daily News since 2007, covering everything from gay porn stars who entered the burglary business to moon trees, skinheads, murders and naked bike rides. She covers crime, both in the city and suburbs, and keeps clippings of bizarre Associated Press articles. Her favorite this year was the story about the drunk in Punxsutawney who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead opossum. E-mail tips to farrs@phillynews.com.
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Phillip Lucas joined the Daily News crime team in 2011. He grew up on the mean streets of Seattle and studied journalism and psychology at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Before landing in the City of Brotherly Love, Phillip was a reporter for The News Journal in Wilmington, Del. Email tips to lucasp@phillynews.com.
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Morgan Zalot is the newest crime reporter at the Daily News, starting in 2011 after interning at the paper twice as a Temple University journalism student. In her past stints at the DN, she covered just about everything, from drunken Phillies fans to a barber shop in a high school to a grisly murder-suicide. She’s a born-and-raised Philly girl who grew up in the Northeast. E-mail tips to zalotm@philly.com.
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