The man police suspect walked into the Wawa on Bristol Pike in the Morrisville section of Falls Township and robbed the store with a butcher knife Wednesday morning is in custody.
Credit: Falls Twp. Police
Robert Nagy, 26, of Bristol Township, was charged Thursday morning with three counts of robbery, two counts of simple assault and single count of terroristic threats and possession of an instrument of crime.
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Tips from LevittownNow.com readers and information gathered by Falls detectives lead to Nagy’s quick capture, police said.
Nagy is alleged to have walked into Wawa around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday and pointed the butcher knife at the clerk while demanding money, court papers say.
Police said Nagy told a clerk to hurry up as they gathered the money from the register and even pointed the large knife at another employee before fleeing the store.
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Nagy fled the store on foot with $395, police said.
Surveillance video from the store showed Nagy hung around the store about an hour-and-a-half before the robbery, court papers say.
The Wawa was closed for several hours following the robbery.
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Nagy was arrested by police in Bensalem around 7:30 a.m. Thursday.
Nagy was remanded to county jail on 10 percent of $350,000 and a state parole detainer. According to court records, Nagy has previously been convicted of several crimes in Bucks County including burglary, escape, resisting arrest and other offenses.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
