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Suspect nabbed in Ephrata armed robbery
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster New Era
Nov 09, 2009 21:51 EST
Ephrata
By RYAN ROBINSON, Staff Writer

Ephrata police nabbed a suspected armed robber two hours after a heist in the borough Sunday night, police said.

Richard H. Atkins, 56, of the 100 block of East Main Street, Ephrata, targeted the Getty Mart at 644 E. Main St., Ephrata, police said.

Atkins entered the store, displayed a knife and demanded money from the clerk, police said. He ran from the Getty Mart with an undisclosed amount of cash.

No one was injured in the 6:42 p.m. incident, police said.

Police remained in the area, searching for the robber.

They first found some items that were taken from Getty Mart and then — about two hours after the heist —  located Atkins hiding in an alley in the 600 block of East Main Street, police said.

He was charged with robbery before District Judge Jene Wilwerth and sent to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $75,000 cash bail.

rrobinson@lnpnews.com


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This idiot was found hiding in an alley? Ha ha ha it did not even happen in the city this happened in Ephrata proof idiots are everywhere. Thanks EPD way to go lets keep sweeping our streets of these POS's like this.
Boricua
THANK YOU EPHRATA PD! One less POS on the streets. Keep your eyes on the Judge who decides to release this vagrant back to the streets to await trial, or the bleeding heart public defender who tells the court a sob story about this poor freaks bad childhood.
scumchaser
Just curious, Ephrata has a state police dept correct? do they also have a local pd?
litlmo
yes we have both a State and Local PD but the States rarely patrol the area they are mostly here for 222 and the turn pike thus we have a Local PD
dcw240sx
QUOTE (dcw240sx @ Nov 10 2009, 11:15 AM)
yes we have both a State and Local PD but the States rarely patrol the area they are mostly here for 222 and the turn pike thus we have a Local PD

Now where the heck is that can of worms I saw earlier?
grieker
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