Two charges were dropped and two others waived to county court in Doylestown in the case of a Bristol Township man accused of robbing a Bensalem bank and then fleeing to Philadelphia.
Joseph Keiper, 29, waived charges of robbery and theft Tuesday before District Judge Leonard J. Brown. Charges of receiving stolen property and terroristic threats were withdrawn by the district attorney’s office, according to court papers.
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Keiper is accused of walking into the PNC Bank in the 3700 block of Hulmeville Road on April 9 and passing a demand note reading, “give me $500.00 cash now.”
Keiper – who wore several hoodies and was believed to be a female by bank staff – gathered over $2,700 from the teller and got away, according to court papers.
Bensalem police responded to the bank and were alerted a GPS tracker was with the money. The GPS device “was emitting a precise location at which time Bensalem police patrol officers responded to that location,” court papers filed by detectives read.
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A Bensalem officer spotted a vehicle in the area the GPS tracker last sent a signal and Keiper was taken from the vehicle, police said. As the 29-year-old was taken from the car, “several individually wrapped bundles of money fell out of the subject’s jacket, court papers say.
Keiper, according to scanner reports, made it into Philadelphia before being caught.
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A teller positively identified Keiper as the suspect and survalliance photos from the bank matched, authorities said.
Keiper is in county prison on 10 percent of $500,000 bail.
