Crime & Safety
4 Men Arrested In Armed Robbery At Abington 7-11: Cops
Four suspects entered an Abington 7-11 and held a gun to the clerk's head while they robbed the store, police said.
ABINGTON, PA — Three men and a teenager have been arrested after robbing an Abington 7-11 at gunpoint in December, the Abington Township Police Department announced Thursday.
The incident occurred on Dec. 8, at around 9:54 p.m., at the 7-11 on the 1800 block of Old York Road.
The four suspects, all wearing black ski masks and armed with guns, burst into the store and demanded money, police said.
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One of the suspects leaped over the counter and pressed a gun against the clerk's head while they others forced open the cash register, took money, and then stole cigarettes, according to police.
The four men then fled the store.
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However, police soon identified the suspects as Philadelphia residents Kenneth Speller, 23, Jamil Henderson, 21, Frenchy Delarosa, 22, and a fourth 17-year-old juvenile male.
The four were promptly arrested. Delarosa was booked at Montgomery County Correctional Facility, and his preliminary hearing was held on Jan. 3. while Henderson, Speller, and the juvenile are behind bars in Philadelphia, and their preliminary hearings are forthcoming.
Images via Abington Police, from first to last: Kenneth Speller, Jamil Henderson, Frenchy Delarosa
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