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A pair of robbers fled from a Pennsport retail store with wads of cash prior to its opening Monday.
The duo forced its way inside Marshall’s, 2000 S. Swanson St., at 4:53 a.m. by pushing an employee, who was in an alley taking out the trash, back in the building and onto the floor, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. They then escorted him to the front of the store where the perpetrators the staff at gunpoint and demanded money.
One stayed with three employees in a locked break room while the other accompanied the manager to the office and demanded she unlock the safe and hand over its contents, Tolliver said. The gunman filled bags and boxes with $35,000 to $40,000. The thieves wheeled off the cash on a dolly after locking the manager with the employees in a break room.
The suspects were described as black with light complexions, 6 foot to 6-foot-2; having medium builds; and wearing navy blue hoodies, blue jeans, black gloves and masks, according to the Police Public Affairs Unit. One was carrying a navy blue Nike drawstring bag.
To report information, call South Detectives’ tip line at 215-685-1635 or visit www.phillypolice.com/forms.
Contact Managing Editor Amanda L. Snyder at asnyder@southphillyreview.com or ext. 117.
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