Two men who followed a Bristol Township woman home from Parx Casino in Bensalem and robbed her at gunpoint were sentenced earlier this week to serve three to 10 years each in state prison.
Waner Segura, 31, and Jahyquiriz Ramos, 28, both of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty in September to robbery and weapons charges.
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On April 9, 2015, Segura and Ramos robbed a woman outside her Bristol Township home at about 1:30 a.m. The woman had just returned home from Parx, where she had lost about $200 playing poker.
The victim told police that after pulling into her driveway, she saw a vehicle resembling an ambulance pass her residence and stop. Moments later, she said, a man appeared next to her, pointing a gun at her head and telling her to get down.
A second man took the victim’s purse, which contained her iPhone and $60. Before leaving, the robbers told her to remain on the ground and to not look up.
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Surveillance cameras produced images of the robbers inside Parx during the time the victim was there. Both were dressed in uniforms from a Philadelphia ambulance service where Segura worked. Additional cameras at Parx produced images of a van-style ambulance belonging to the same service leaving the casino shortly before the robbery occurred.
Bristol Township detectives also found video footage from two businesses along the route driven by the victim that showed her vehicle being followed closely by a red ambulance from Ambulance Services of America, Segura’s employer.
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Segura and Ramos struck again the same evening in Florence Township, N.J., where they followed a victim home from the casino, pistol-whipped the man and robbed him.
Ambulance Services of America, who employed Segura at the time, identified him in the videos and images captured by area cameras.
Police identified Ramos as the second suspect with the assistance of facial-recognition technology. Both men were identified in photo lineups by the New Jersey robbery victim and have pleaded guilty to that crime.
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In court, Segura said he has a gambling addiction and robbed the victim to help cover his debts. Ramos also blamed debts for his crimes.
In addition to imposing the prison sentences, Finley ordered each man to pay the victim $250 in restitution.
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