Pottstown Man Busted Shoplifting, Charged For Lewdness With Minor: PD

POTTSTOWN, PA — A shoplifting bust in South Jersey resulted in the capture of a Pottstown man wanted for lewdness with a minor, along with three others wanted for other serious crimes, authorities said.

Devynn Mahoney, 24, was wanted on the lewdness charge in Florida, police said.

The incident occurred just before 2 p.m. on March 21 at the Mt. Laurel Dick's Sporting Goods on Nixon Drive.

The store called 911 when Mahoney and three others left the store with merchandise, police said.

When authorities arrived, the group began to enter a Mazda SUV with a Florida registration, authorities said. But as officers approached, they fled on foot to the nearby Chick-fil-A, according to police.

Officers say they saw a handgun inside the vehicle.

Police detained the four individuals without incident and seized the vehicle, Mount Laurel PD said.

The other three captured are listed below:

• Michael Guy Fisher, 25, of Baltimore: wanted in Baltimore for murder.
• Malcolm Keith Lattimore, 30, of Newport, Florida
• Neal Durham, 23, of Warminster

After Fisher provided false information, officers discovered he was wanted out of Baltimore for murder, according to authorities.

Detectives executed a search warrant on the vehicle and recovered a 9mm handgun, police said. Law enforcement claims they also found three printed devices used to convert semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic weapons.

Fisher and Mahoney were charged with being fugitives of justice. Fisher was also charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, while Mahoney, Lattimore and Durham were charged with unlawful possession of a weapon.

Additional charges are pending, police said.

With reporting from Patch correspondent Josh Bakan