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Two Wanted in Whitpain Township Robbery, Employees and Customers Robbed at Gunpoint

Whitpain Township Police are seeking two black men, one heavyset and one slender, who robbed the tavern early Monday morning. Both fled on foot with the safe after crashing a stolen Mustang at Montgomery County Community College.

By Tony DiDomizio 

After nearly 10 hours, Whitpain Township Police and Central Montgomery SWAT concluded their manhunt before Monday for two armed men who robbed Whitpain Tavern at 2 a.m. and abandoned their getaway car near the campus of Montgomery County Community College.

No one was captured.

Police said two black men, one slender and one heavyset, wearing black ski masks and brandishing handguns robbed the safe and the cash drawer at the tavern.

One robber was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and the other was wearing a jacket with fur around the hood, police said.

All employees and customers inside the tavern were also robbed at gunpoint, police said.

Police and K-9 were searching along Route 202 and peripheral roads around the college. The college reopened at noon.

"There is a large wooded area back there, so we are canvassing that area and deploying men in such a way to cover as much of the area as possible," said Sgt. Cathy Penecale of Whitpain Township Police Monday morning.

CBS3 reported the robbers fled in a stolen red Mustang after robbing the tavern on the 1500 block of DeKalb Pike.

Police said the Mustang was found down an embankment near the college. 6abc.com reported police chased the vehicle and used a spike strip to stop the car. The driver of the stolen Mustang swerved to avoid the strip and crashed through a fence on the campus.

Both men fled on foot, police said.

The safe was not recovered, police said.

The Mustang was towed from the scene to Whitpain Township Police for processing.


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