Police are investigating whether or not the armed theft of a Brinks truck on Tuesday exterior a Philadelphia-area retailer is expounded to 4 different assaults on armored automobiles in and across the metropolis this summer season.
Two armed males obtained away with between $700,000 and $800,000 within the noon Tuesday heist at an H Mart in Elkins Park, in accordance with Cheltenham Township police.
The robbers — one described as armed with an AR-15-style pistol, the opposite with a handgun — fled with the money and later deserted their car close by, police stated.
No photographs had been fired, and nobody was injured.
Cheltenham Township Police Lt. Andrew Snyder stated it’s the primary such theft of their township, however authorities are wanting into whether or not it could be linked to 4 robberies of armored automobiles in and round Philadelphia since June that police and the FBI are investigating as probably associated.
Federal prosecutors introduced Wednesday that three folks from Philadelphia who had been arrested in early August are charged in reference to the $2 million armed theft of a Brink’s armored car exterior a Residence Depot on June 21.
A Loomis armored transport car was held up exterior an Aldi in a distinct neighborhood 5 days later. Then on July 2, a Brinks truck was held up exterior a Greenback Normal at a shopping mall.
And on July 15, police had a report of two suspects robbing one of many armored automobiles in northeast Philadelphia.
FBI agent Wayne Jacobs advised CBS Information Philadelphia that regulation enforcement recovered a lot of the cash stolen within the June 21 heist, in addition to numerous lengthy weapons and handguns.
Among the cash had been spent on jewellery, garments and different objects, he stated.
“If that is the kind of exercise you’re going to interact in, when you have a look at the timeline, six weeks from the time of the incident till the time of the arrest,” Jacobs stated, “it’s only a matter of time earlier than you’re held accountable in your actions.”
