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Washington Post
6 days ago
- Washington Post
Armed robbers in latest Philadelphia-area Brinks truck heist took $700,000 or more, police say
PHILADELPHIA — Police are investigating whether the armed robbery of a Brinks truck on Tuesday outside a Philadelphia-area store is related to four other attacks on armored vehicles in and around the city this summer. Two armed males got away with between $700,000 and $800,000 in the midday Tuesday heist at an H Mart in Elkins Park, according to Cheltenham Township police. The robbers — one described as armed with an AR-15-style pistol, the other with a handgun — fled with the cash and later abandoned their vehicle nearby, police said. No shots were fired, and no one was injured.
Associated Press
6 days ago
- Associated Press
Armed robbers in latest Philadelphia-area Brinks truck heist took $700,000 or more, police say
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police are investigating whether the armed robbery of a Brinks truck on Tuesday outside a Philadelphia-area store is related to four other attacks on armored vehicles in and around the city this summer. Two armed males got away with between $700,000 and $800,000 in the midday Tuesday heist at an H Mart in Elkins Park, according to Cheltenham Township police. The robbers — one described as armed with an AR-15-style pistol, the other with a handgun — fled with the cash and later abandoned their vehicle nearby, police said. No shots were fired, and no one was injured. Cheltenham Township Police Lt. Andrew Snyder said it's the first such robbery in their township, but authorities are looking into whether it may be connected to four robberies of armored cars in and around Philadelphia since June that police and the FBI are investigating as possibly related. Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that three people from Philadelphia who were arrested in early August are charged in connection with the $2 million armed robbery of a Brink's armored vehicle outside a Home Depot on June 21. A Loomis armored transport vehicle was held up outside an Aldi in a different neighborhood five days later. Then on July 2, a Brinks truck was held up outside a Dollar General at a shopping center. And on July 15, police had a report of two suspects robbing one of the armored vehicles in northeast Philadelphia. FBI agent Wayne Jacobs told CBS News Philadelphia that law enforcement recovered most of the money stolen in the June 21 heist, as well as a number of long weapons and handguns. Some of the money had been spent on jewelry, clothes and other items, he said. 'If this is the type of activity you're going to engage in, if you look at the timeline, six weeks from the time of the incident until the time of the arrest,' Jacobs said, 'it's just a matter of time before you're held accountable for your actions.'
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
Racist emails sent to Ring Home Security 'non-customers' creates confusion for many
The Brief If you received a racist or offensive email from the home security company Ring, you are not alone. Many took to social media to find out if the emails were real or if they were alone in receiving them. ELKINS PARK, Pa. - Even if you've never owned a Ring camera, you may have received legit-looking sign-up emails, many of them laced with racial slurs. What they're saying Danae Reid received a disturbing, but official-looking email on Saturday and immediately took to TikTok saying, "I'm just checking my email and I see something from Ring, which is interesting because I don't have one." Danae said she was overwhelmed by what she saw on her computer screen, "I was really disheartened to see it. It's the first time in my life that I've been called that word. I think it put things in perspective that we still have a really long way to go." She says she posted it on social media to see if anyone else received a similar email from Ring. Her TikTok got more than 20,000 hits with many others also saying they got hateful messages and completely baffled by it. Danae continued, "A lot of confusion. It's a lot of how did this happen? How did they get my email. Did Ring get hacked? Is there something going on?" The other side Ring released a statement saying: "We're aware of an issue involving non-customers emails being used without their knowledge to create Ring accounts. These accounts appear to have been created by an unauthorized actor who obtained email addresses from a source other than Ring. We are deactivating these accounts." Big picture view Danae says she is still disappointed it happened in the first place, saying, "I would have expected a company like theirs to kind of have safeguards in place, so nothing like that happens for anybody." Ring has already made changes to its email sign-up system to prevent future incidents. It also says there was no unauthorized access to its customers' accounts or information.
