Crime & Safety
Cops Thwart Man Carting Off Shopping Cart
An elderly gentlemen reportedly took an Acme shopping cart on a joyride down Ridge and Trooper.
Three Lower Providence police patrol cars converged on the unit block of Trooper Road late Wednesday afternoon in response to a "theft in progress" call from the Acme Markets, located at 2775 W. Ridge Pike, in the township.
The haul? A shopping cart.
The suspect, an elderly-looking gentleman, was stopped on foot in the driveway of a home at 24 N. Trooper Road.
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Cops were interviewing neighbors and witnesses at the scene. The man was reportedly taken into custody by police.
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