Palmer Police Seek Would-Be Store Robber

Palmer Township Police are asking for help in locating a man who attempted to rob a convenience store and assaulted a store clerk in the process.

According to reports, the incident occurred around 9:30pm Monday at the G & J Fill and Chill at Route 248 and Park Avenue. 

According to township Police Chief Bruce Fretz, a man wearing a bandanna over his face entered the store with a knife and stick demanding that the clerk open the cash register. The man then allegedly hit the register and the store clerk with the stick after finding out there was no money inside the register. Fretz said the clerk had just emptied the register in anticipation of closing.  The store clerk refused treatment.

Fretz said the man fled on foot. The township’s K-9 unit tracked the man’s scent onto Maplecroft Avenue before going cold. It is believed that from there he got into a vehicle.

The suspect has been described as a white man likely in his mid-30s, around 5 feet 10 inches tall, wearing a light colored T-shirt, blue jeans and dark-colored baseball cap.

Police ask that anyone with information call 610-253-5844. All information will be kept confidential.