BENSALEM, Pa.(AP)
Police had no trouble tracking down a suspect in the robbery of
three women at a Bucks County convenience store, because the women
had taken the man's picture a short time earlier at a bar.
The suspect, Andre Smith, struck up a conversation with a group
women at a bachelorette party at the Bensalem Township taproom
early Sunday morning, said the township's public safety
director, Fred Harran. The women were taking photos of each other
when Smith jumped in front of the camera, Harran said.
Smith later was ejected from the bar for allegedly harassing
customers.
When two women in the group left the bar to go to a nearby
convenience store, Smith robbed them of their pocketbooks, Harran
said. The women recognized Smith _ who apparently didn't
recognize them _ and gave investigators a copy of their photo,
Harran said.
Later Sunday, a detective went around to local apartment
complexes looking for Smith and spotted him, Harran said.
Smith was arrested on robbery and theft charges and is being
held on $50,000 bail. Electronic court records do not list an
attorney for him.
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