Crime & Safety

Guests Robbed at Rodeway Inn

The thief got violent and fled with a laptop and an iPod.

Two Philadelphia residents reported that they were robbed while they were staying at the in the 600 block of Baltimore Pike on June 28 just after 9 p.m.

A man took one victim’s laptop. When he was approached, the man hit one victim in the face with a cell phone charger and pushed the second victim aside after stealing her iPod.

The thief entered a vehicle driven by a woman and they fled the lot. The area was checked but the thieves and their vehicle were gone. The incident is under investigation by Detective Bridget McCarthy.

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