Police are on the hunt for a robber who they say told an employee he was armed with a bomb.
Police say it happened Tuesday shortly before midnight at the Giant Food Store in Whitpain Township. A man entered the store and demanded money from the register from an employee, according to investigators. The man then allegedly told the employee he was holding a bomb. Police say he then displayed a device.
Police say the employee opened the register and the man took an unknown amount of money before fleeing the store on foot. Investigators say they later found a device connected to the incident at the store. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad responded to the scene and determined the device was not explosive.
Police describe the suspect as a white male wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and white sneakers. If you have any information on this incident, please call the Whitpain Police Department at 610-279-9033.
