The Springfield Township Police Department announced today the arrest of Michael Charles Gordon, who is accused of robbing and kidnapping a female resident at knifepoint.

According to the report, the incident took place at 10:00pm on Friday, June 5 as the victim was putting her trash cans out. Gordon allegedly held the victim at knifepoint while she searched for money in her car to give him.

The victim was then forced into her apartment where Gordon took her cash and ATM card. He forced her into her car and made her drive to an ATM at Santander bank in the Flourtown Shopping Center, police said.

“For the next 2 hours he held the victim captive while he made her go to Philadelphia so he could purchase drugs. Gordon made the victim take him to where his car was parked, but police had towed it due to a parking complaint prior to their arrival,” police said. “The victim was forced to take Gordon to the Willow Grove area of Abington Township before he finally got out of the car. Gordon caused the victim to fear reporting the incident to authorities.”

Springfield detectives were notified of the incident on Monday, June 8 after a victim advocate brought her into the station.

“Within 24 hours, two search warrants and an arrest warrant were executed by Springfield Township Detectives, with the assistance of the Abington Township Police Department SWAT team and Detectives,” police said.

Gordon was taken into custody and charged with Robbery, Kidnapping, Burglary, Theft, and related offenses. He was arraigned before the on-call judge and bail was denied.

At the time of this offense, Gordon was out on bail awaiting sentencing for several robberies that occurred last year, police said.

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