Sharon Savings Suspect Possibly Nabbed

A man arrested yesterday, March 31, after a hold-up in Ridley is being investigated in connection with March 29 robbery of the Sharon Savings Bank in Springfield.

The man, whose name is yet to be released, was given money by a teller at the Sovereign Bank, MacDade Boulevard and Kedron Avenue after presenting a threatening note at about 5:55 p.m. He dropped some of it while leaving and when a customer told him that the had, he brushed him off, which the customer found suspicious. The customer followed him while calling police on his cell phone.

The man entered a green SUV which was driven by a female which Officer James Dougherty tried to stop on Armstrong Avenue. The driver tried to run the policeman down which caused him to shoot out the front and rear driver-side tires of the vehicle.

The driver continued despite the flat tires with the vehicle finally coming to a stop at South and Franklin avenues. The suspect was injured when police slammed the car door on his leg as he was trying to flee, and was taken to Taylor Hospital.

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