The Abington Township PD announced that on the 1900 block of Easton Rd in the Willow Grove section of Abington Township, a point of gun robbery took place on January 13, 2022 at 1:14 pm. After just withdrawing money from an ATM, the victim was robbed when the suspect, armed with a handgun, approached and demanded the money.  After robbing the victim, the suspect entered the passenger side of a waiting vehicle and fled the scene.   

The vehicle fled at a high rate of speed and an officer responding to the robbery was unable to stop the suspect.  Later, officers found the vehicle, unoccupied, close to Highland Elementary School.  Highland Elementary and other area schools were placed on lockout as other officers responded to the scene. Both suspects were apprehended fleeing the area on foot and arrested. Both the firearm and the victim’s money were recovered.