Surveillance photo
If it’s true that cigarettes can cause people to lose their teeth, a local robbery suspect surely overdid it with the smokes. The toothless thug wearing a “got bit” logo on his T-shirt swiped hundreds of dollars in cigs from a Wawa in Burholme on July 30, police say.
The hold-up occurred at 801 Cottman Ave. at about 12:15 a.m. Initially, a man and woman approached a cashier and asked for a carton. When the cashier asked the man for proof of his age, he went behind the counter, shoved two employees and took four cartons of Newports from the rack. The couple fled to a waiting dark, older model Saturn driven by a third unknown person. They were last seen northbound on Rockwell Avenue.
The male robber was described as black, 5 feet 10 inches, tall, with a dark complexion, thin build, missing all of his teeth, wearing a black and red baseball cap with a “P” on the front, a black shirt with the words “got bit” on the front and “bite” on the back, dark shorts and a light blue bookbag. The woman was described as black, with average build, a dark complexion, black shirt, dark shorts, white socks and sneakers. The getaway car was a four-door model.
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