Police Ask for Help in Identifying Armed Robbers

Bethlehem police are seeking the public’s help in identifying armed robbery suspects who struck at two on Sunday and other locations in the past four days.

They may be the same suspects who pulled off an armed robbery of Rudy's Car Wash in Palmer Township over the weekend.

The robbers were armed with handguns and have victimized both convenience stores and “citizens on the street,” in Bethlehem and Palmer Township, according to the department’s most recent blog post, which it labeled as “urgent.”

The robberies described in the blog are not related to a spree of in which a tip from city paramedics led to the arrest of five suspects, according to the department’s Twitter feed.

The robbers being sought are responsible for the robberies at the 7-Elevens at and and have also struck at Rudy’s at 25th Street in Palmer, said Bethlehem Police Chief Jason Schiffer.

The is working with “other area law enforcement agencies” to capture the suspects.

Police have publicly released stills from surveillance video taken at some of these robberies. The blog post says that police are gathering more surveillance footage and will be posting more photos as they become available.

They are asking the public to review the photos and contact the Bethlehem Communications Center at 610-865-7187.