Gunpoint Craigslist Robbery Reported In Bucks County

WARMINSTER, PA — A 20-year-old Bucks County man has been arrested after authorities say he targeted a Craigslist user and robbed him at gunpoint during what the victim believed was going to be a sale transaction. Shane Wilcox-Wallace of Warminster has been arrested after authorities used social media to track him down. He is charged with numerous felonies, including robbery and criminal use of a communication facility.

According to police, Wilcox-Wallace contacted the victim regarding a phone posted for sale on the popular online classifieds website. The victim told police he went to meet Wilcox-Wallace, who he thought was an interested buyer, on Wednesday around 10:30 p.m. at Street and Davisville roads in Warminster Township.

But instead of making the sale, the victim was robbed at gunpoint for his phone, police said. After the alleged robbery, Wilcox-Wallace fled on foot and the victim, who was not injured, left the area to call 9-1-1.

Responding officers and a K-9 unit searched the area but did not locate the suspect that night.

Using social media, Warminster detectives said they were able to positively identify him. An arrest warrant warrant was obtained for Wilcox-Wallace charging him with robbery. He was located at his residence and taken into custody without incident.

Detectives obtained a search warrant for his residence and recovered the stolen cell phone and the gun used in the robbery, police said.

Wilcox-Wallace was arraigned and held in the Bucks County Correctional Facility in lieu of $150,000 bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 8, court records show.