A North Philly man allegedly threatened a Rite Aid employee with a box cutter after he was confronted for stole from the Passyunk Square store Sunday.
Wendell Morris also known as Whitney Morris, 39, of the 1600 block of North Franklin Street in North Philly is believed to have tried to leave the store without paying for merchandise that store security saw him place in his pocketbook at 6:47 p.m., Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said.
When approached, Morris allegedly whipped out a box cutter with a 4-inch blade from his bag and threatened to cut the employee if he did not return the bag, Tolliver said.
The man fled the store and security chased him to the 1800 block of South Camac Street where Morris allegedly hid under a parked car until police arrived and arrested him, Tolliver said. Morris was charged with retail theft, theft — unlawful taking, aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person and possession of an instrument of a crime.
The box cutter was recovered outside the store where Morris is believed to have dropped it, Tolliver said. The merchandise totaling $50.71 was recovered. Morris was transported to Methodist Hospital after his arrest when he told police he was having a panic attack.
Morris served less than two years in jail after pleding guilty for a 2002 robbery, according to court records.
Contact Staff Writer Amanda Snyder at asnyder@southphillyreview.com or ext. 117.
Passyunk Square residents are beginning to breathe easier after more than 80 dogs were rescued from a home on the 700 block of Earp Street last week.
A 19-year-old Pennsport man was gunned down inside a vehicle Monday night.
Gunfire erupted on the sidelines of a basketball game at a local rec center injuring a spectator.
A man was apprehended for a May Grays Ferry bar shooting more than two months after his target identified him from a photo array as a man he only knew as “Butter.”
A man left a trail of blood on a Point Breeze block, after he was caught in the gunfire last week.
Gunfire broke up a group of eight sitting outside striking one in the crowd in the backside Sunday night.
A manager and two other employees of a Pennsport burger joint were forced in the freezer after two armed robbers ran off with more than $2,000 last week.
A man was burglarized after he was robbed inside a Point Breeze bar last week.
A man was fixing a Point Breeze home when his nephew walked in and pointed a gun at him.
Police are trying to identify a man who pistol whipped an elderly employee of a West Passyunk tire store earlier this month.
The Gun Violence Task Force has recently arrested and charged 23 with gun trafficking and related offenses including two locally.
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1. Anonymous said... on Jul 24, 2010 at 09:29AM
“I guess there's no policing comments on this site. Anything goes. #1, thanks for letting us all know how you feel and who's REALLY responsible for all the crime in this city. We'll just forget about all the other crimes committed by people who aren't black.....”
2. ericalynne said... on Jul 24, 2010 at 01:22PM
“ok i am Italian & Black so i do believe you are the idiot. Why couldn't you stick to the subject that someone could have been harmed in this NOT what color was the man/women doing the crime we live in a sad sad world where you can't get over yourself one bit if the person was white what would you of said then? that is ashame also its not just as you say "niggers" aka black people destroying our city you uneducated freak its people like you & the people who are robbing, killing, shooting, stealing okay. NOW to the crime, im glad noone got hurt”
3. Anonymous said... on Jul 27, 2010 at 07:49AM
“Kudos to you SouthPhillyReview for removing the offensive, racist comment. I guess there IS policing on this site. A shame, however, that there are so many ignorant people in this world who blame things on one class/race/gender/etc.
To agree with you, ericalynne, it's great that no one got hurt and that they arrested the idiot who committed the crime. Now, if the system could just KEEP these repeat offenders in jail instead of letting them out, some positive change could begin.”