An apartment robbery on County Line Road spurred to alert administrators at to prevent anyone from exiting Monday morning, police said.
Hatboro Police Chief James Gardner said the robbery occurred in the 200 block of East County Line Road at 10:09 a.m. A 30-year-old resident of the Livingstone apartment complex reported that as she was entering the common entrance to her apartment building she observed a black male sitting on the stairway in the building. As she walked to her apartment with her 2-year-old daughter, the male allegedly confronted her, presented a knife, and pushed the woman and child into their apartment and shut her door.
Police said he demanded money. The victim surrendered an undisclosed amount of money and the subject left the apartment in an unknown direction of travel.
The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 40 years of age, tall with a thin build. He was last seen wearing a black hat, black hooded sweat jacket with a zipper, black pants and black boots. The victim said the suspect looked as if he were homeless.
Hatboro police were assisted in searching for the suspect by officers from the Warminster Police Department and Upper Moreland Police Department, including an Upper Moreland canine unit. The was notified of this incident as the apartment complex is in close proximity to Crooked Billet Elementary School.
School officials said the school was briefly locked down for about an hour Monday morning.
Administrators secured the building and kept all students indoors until further notice was given by emergency personnel. Administrators implemented Crooked Billet’s Emergency Management Plan to respond to the lockdown and help its students, educators and staff members manage the situation.
At 11:30 a.m., police lifted the lockdown and normal activity resumed at the school. Crooked Billet parents were notified via e-mail blast Monday morning.
“Our morning kindergarten students were safely dismissed and students were able to enjoy outdoor recess activities,” Crooked Billet Elementary Principal Kári Davita King-Hill said in a press release. “All students remained calm during the lockdown and continued to work in their classrooms.”
Anyone with any information concerning this case is asked to contact the Hatboro Police Department at 215-675-2832. Police advised not to confront this suspect as he should be considered armed and dangerous.
can't find them if the police just sit in a car in Lukoils parking lot
And would people actually take part and contribute? Would parents get upset if it's some of their kids causing trouble? I've never looked into it too deeply so I can't say what goes into it.
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I live the idea of alerts but if Hatboro won't use it what's the point?? Since nobody seems to want to take the lead on Town Watch, i know I brought it up and would be a part but taking the lead is going to take time I don't have by myself but maybe a few of us take different parts? Just an idea. But any ideas if how we get Hatboro to start using the alert system?
I know Hatboro had used the Nixle system regularly, but as per a discussion the chief had at a council meeting last year, Nixle was going to start charging for alerts, I believe all except text message alerts. I think that's why the borough no longer uses it. I receive the alerts from Upper Moreland and they come through now as texts. They had previously been sent out by email.
It started earlier this month and goes through May. I'm not sure if any spots are still open or not. I know it's Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the Horsham Township Community Center.
The only info Nixle has released is that is may start charging businesses. "When asked to elaborate on the changes ......, company officials .....mentioned plans to charge businesses and companies for mass-messaging service but did not state plans to charge police departments." To stop using this service while it is still free, and might remain free for police departments, is ridiculous. I'm sure I'm not the only one who didn't know there was an armed robbery in Hatboro this week, very close to where I live, until a friend saw it on the news and called me. P.S. I still receive my Upper Moreland alerts via email.
And I would love to let the police do their job, have they caught the guy who robbed the mother or the guy who robbed Burdicks? They couldn't control the teens enough so the township stopped first Friday. Please
And fine, we can call it a "Borough Watch"