But cops say they dont work for the store and theyre not taking out the trash. Inside those bags, is a bunch of stolen stuff. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Police are working right now to figure out if this is the same pair behind some similar robberies in the area. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is following the case and joins us live at Philadelphia Police headquarters. Dave . Reporter iain, detectives tonight are trying to connect the dots between three armed robberies stretching from northeast philadelphia out to the mainline. They say the common denominators here are stolen cartons cigarettes and a hammer as a weapon. Surveillance cameras were rolling as this bonnie and clyde like robbery team walked into the wawa on bustleton avenue in northeast philadelphia carrying a hammer instead of a gun. They walk out with trash bags loaded with cigarettes. Its still scary. You know, no matter what. I mean, you still putting people in danger. They load up the trash bags, and walk o
Walk out with trash bags loaded with cartons of cigarettes. They load up the trash bags, and walk out of the store like theres nothing to it. Its still scary. You know, no matter what. I mean, you still putting people in danger. Reporter it happened around 5am the pair enter the the store on bustleton avenue and told employees to move out of the way. They started stuffing cartons of cigarettes into the bags. Then started smashing the counters and registers with the hammer. Got the cigarettes. There was no resistance by the wawa employee, and then he decides to vandalize their cash registers. But doesnt try get any money. Reporter this may not be the first time the bandits have done this. Police say the wawa at richmond and allegheny was held up by two suspects carrying a hammer. On the mainline the robber stole 18 cartons of newports from this wawa on belmont avenue. The suspects may be selling the cigarettes as socalled loo loose sees on the street for up to 20 bucks a pack. A lot of
Walk out with trash bags loaded with cartons of cigarettes. They load up the trash bags, and walk out of the store like theres nothing to it. Its still scary. You know, no matter what. I mean, you still putting people in danger. Reporter it happened around 5am the pair enter the the store on bustleton avenue and told employees to move out of the way. They started stuffing cartons of cigarettes into the bags. Then started smashing the counters and registers with the hammer. Got the cigarettes. There was no resistance by the wawa employee, and then he decides to vandalize their cash registers. But doesnt try get any money. Reporter this may not be the first time the bandits have done this. Police say the wawa at richmond and allegheny was held up by two suspects carrying a hammer. On the mainline the robber stole 18 cartons of newports from this wawa on belmont avenue. The suspects may be selling the cigarettes as socalled loo loose sees on the street for up to 20 bucks a pack. A lot of
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