Crime & Safety

Man Accused Of Wendy's Armed Robbery Also Burglarized Home: Police

A 19-year-old charged with a gunpoint robbery at a local Wendy's has also been charged with burglarizing a Warminster home.

A 19-year-old Southampton resident accused of a gunpoint robbery at a local fast food restaurant has been charged with burglarizing a Warminster home, police said.

Warminster Police said Gabriel Boerner has been charged in connection with a residential burglary that happened in December on Hostman Road. Authorities allege Boerner forced his way into the home and took items belonging to the homeowner.

Police said DNA evidence was matched to Boerner, who's currently in custody in connection with a March 12 armed robbery at an Upper Southampton Wendy's. Boerner is accused of committing a robbery by threat of gun at the Wendy’s restaurant on Second Street Pike, police said.

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Detectives were led to Boerner as a suspect and DNA evidence directly linked him in that incident as well, police said.

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