Crime & Safety
Newtown Square Dunkin' Donuts Armed Robber Arrested: Police
Police said a 60-year-old Philadelphia man was arrested Friday morning after allegedly robbing a Dunkin' Donuts last week.
NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA — A man has been taken into custody in connection with an armed robbery at a Newtown Square Dunkin' Donuts, police said.
Newtown Township police said Donnie Harris, 60, of Philadelphia, was arrested Friday morning in connection with the robbery that occurred March 28 at Dunkin' Donuts at 300 Munger Lane in Newtown Square.
Police said the Philadelphia and Wilmington FBI field offices, Delaware State Police, and the Philadelphia, Lower Merion, and Newtown police departments collaborated on the investigation.
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Harris is in FBI custody, police said.
Harris is accused of robbing the store at about 5:35 a.m. March 28.
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A man, allegedly Harris, wearing dark clothes, gloves, and a scarf over his face came into the store armed with a knife and demanded money from the cash registers, police said.
Police did not say how much money was taken in the robbery.
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