Masked Men Rob Woman in Bristol, Police Believe Connected to Other Incidents

There was another armed robbery in Bristol Borough early Sunday morning, according to police.

Two male suspects armed with guns – one black one silver – stopped a woman  and a man on the 200 Block of Otter Street a little after 2 a.m. Sunday morning, police told LevitownNow.com.

According to police, the masked suspects approached the woman and held the guns to her head. Police said the men made off with money and were last seen running down Swain Street where they  disappeared into the night.

Investigators said they now believe all six the robberies and attempted robberies, beginning with the first one on September 30, are connected. Police would not divulge what the connecting threads are in the street crimes that are occurring with alarming frequency.

Concerns about safety continue to grow throughout the area.

That concern has risen and crested into borough residents planning to form a town watch, which Mayor Pat Sabatini said is a good idea. The mayor did however caution against acts of vigilantism.

Sabatini said he was hoping council will be approving new police hires at the November council meeting.

Sgt. Joe Moors, the Police Benevolent Association president, said recently that the hiring can’t come soon enough.

The borough police department is down three officers at the moment, with one expected back in January while surrounding law enforcement agencies in Lower Bucks County provide supports for the borough cops.

One mother of two said Saturday she doesn’t feel safe anymore, whether it’s day or night.

“We’ve had problems before but this is out of hand,” she said.

Residents living close to the locations of the robberies have said repeatedly that the think the robbers know the department right now is undermanned and are taking advantage of the staff situation.

Robberies 

• September 30 – 600 block Pof Pine Street. The three robbers were armed with a guns
• October 1-  300 blocks Bath Street involved four armed men  robbing and beating  a woman robbing her pocket book.
• October 2 – Plum Street alley, between Race and Spruce streets. Strong arm robbery of one male for a cell phone. Suspects knocked victim to the ground and proceeded to beat him.
• October 13 – Race street strong arm robbery. One arrest Mahkell Litchauer, 19, of Bristol, remaining suspects still at large.  Purse, wallet, cell phone, blue tooth device robbed. Victims beaten and bloodied.
• October 19  – Armed robbery, Plum Street alley of off Spruce Street. Two suspects. Thin black males, between 18 and 19 years old, wearing dark-colored hoodies and dark pants. One suspect was between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-8 and the other way between 5-foot-9 and 5-foot-10.