Woman Charged In ATM Explosion At Philly Beer Store: Police

PHILADELPHIA – Police in Philadelphia said a woman has been charged in connection with the incident where an explosive was used in an attempt to rob an ATM in the city's Port Richmond section on Wednesday, June 20.

Police said Tinikah Hogan, 34, of Philadelphia is facing numerous charges on connection with the incident.

Charges include felony arson, felony criminal conspiracy, felony risking catastrophe, felony possession of a weapon of mass destruction, and more.

Hogan has been jailed after failing to post 10 percent of $200,000 bail, court records show.

Police are still searching for a male suspect involved in the incident.

According to police at about 9:35 p.m. Wednesday a woman went into a beer distributor at Allegheny Avenue and Jasper Street and put some kind of firework into the discharge slot of the ATM, lit the object, and ran from the store.

The front of the ATM then exploded and the woman fled the area heading south on Allegheny, police said.

Then several men ran in and grabbed items from the top of the machine.

The ATM's safe wasn't damaged in the explosion and no money was taken, according to police. Before the explosion, a man, seen above, came into the store with what bomb technicians have determined to be an M-1000, police said. He then left the store and has spoke with the woman mentioned above before she went back into the store with the device.

At about 1 a.m. June 21, police stopped a woman, later identified as Hogan, at Frankford and Clearfield streets and arrested her.

Hogan is set for her preliminary hearing on June 9, court records show.

Anyone who can identify the man above or provide information on the incident is asked to contact Det. Brooks with the Bomb Disposal Unit at (215) 685-8013.

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