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Two armed males got away with between $700,000 and $800,000 in
the midday Tuesday heist at an H Mart in Elkins Park, according
to Cheltenham Township police. The robbers — one described as
armed with an AR-15-style pistol, the other with a handgun —
fled with the cash and later abandoned their vehicle nearby,
police said. No shots were fired, and no one was injured.
Cheltenham Township Police Lt. Andrew Snyder said it's the first
such robbery in their township, but authorities are looking into
whether it may be connected to four robberies of armored cars in
and around Philadelphia since June that police and the FBI are
investigating as possibly related.
Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that three people from
Philadelphia who were arrested in early August are charged in
connection with the $2 million armed robbery of a Brink's
armored vehicle outside a Home Depot on June 21.
A Loomis armored transport vehicle was held up outside an Aldi
in a different neighborhood five days later. Then on July 2, a
Brinks truck was held up outside a Dollar General at a shopping
center. And on July 15, police had a report of two suspects
robbing one of the armored vehicles in northeast Philadelphia.
FBI agent Wayne Jacobs told CBS News Philadelphia that law
enforcement recovered most of the money stolen in the June 21
heist, as well as a number of long weapons and handguns. Some of
the money had been spent on jewelry, clothes and other items, he
said.
“If this is the type of activity you’re going to engage in, if
you look at the timeline, six weeks from the time of the
incident until the time of the arrest,” Jacobs said, “it’s just
a matter of time before you’re held accountable for your
actions.”
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