'Why Don't You Give Me All The Money,' Would-Be Roxborough Thief Demands

ROXBOROUGH -- A would-be Roxborough thief was brazen in his initial attempts to secure an illicit payday from a neighborhood coffee shop, but lost his nerve at the first sign of trouble.

The suspect entered the Roxborough Read & Eat on Monday, February 8, and initially had a legal request, asking for a cup of coffee, police said.

It is not known what kind of coffee he ordered.

However, when the employee went to prepare the coffee, the man had a sudden change of heart.

“Why don’t you give me all the money,” he allegedly said.

Police noted that the suspect then restated himself, making it clear what he wanted.

However, before he could be given the money, a sound of sirens going by spooked him, police said, and he swiftly fled the scene, as mysteriously as he had appeared.

Nothing was taken from the shop.

Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to contact the Philadelphia Police 5th District at (215) 686-3050.