A man and a woman were arrested after they were caught on video stealing a backpack from a sleeping SEPTA passenger, assaulting him and pushing him off the train platform onto the tracks, police said.
Michael Osorio, 31, of Havertown and Jackie Kohlepp, 29, of Philadelphia are both charged with robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault.
On Oct. 25 at 12:50 a.m., SEPTA police received a report of a robbery on a train at the Millbourne station at 98 N. Millbourne Avenue.
Surveillance video shows a man and woman, identified by police as Osorio and Kohlepp, stealing a sleeping passenger’s backpack on the train. The man woke up and chased after Osorio and Kohlepp who ran off the train with his bag, police said.
The victim caught up to the suspects on the platform and a struggle ensued, police said. Kohlepp then allegedly took out a stun gun and shocked the victim three times in the back. Kohlepp and Osorio then shoved the man who fell to the ground, hit the edge of the platform and flipped over, landing on the train tracks below. The suspects fled the scene. The man suffered several injuries but managed to pull himself out of the track area before the next train arrived. He called for help by using the emergency call box on the platform.
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Police received several tips after releasing surveillance video of the robbery and assault. Friday morning, Haverford Township Police responded to an unrelated incident near the Wawa store on Darby and Manoa roads and spotted the suspects in front of the store, investigators said. Osorio and Kohlepp were both taken into custody and remanded to the George W. Hill Correctional Facility after failing to post $100,000 cash bail.
