Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
A Middletown Township man was taken into custody Tuesday by the Philadelphia Police Department for his alleged role in robberies and abductions in the city.
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Prince Amoabeng, 25, came before a Philadelphia municipal judge early Wednesday morning on charges of robbery, robbery of a motor vehicle, conspiracy, firearms not to be carried without license, theft, receiving stolen property, carrying firearms in public in Philadelphia, possession of instrument of crime, terroristic threats, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He was held on 10 percent of $500,000.
At the time of his arrest by city police, Amoabeng was at the Bucks County Correctional Facility in Doylestown Township being held since early July on a drug-related case out of Bensalem Township.
Police said Amoabeng and another suspect were allegedly involved in three late June robberies and abductions.
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The abductions and robberies occurred on June 27 at locations along Academy Road and Roosevelt Boulevard and on June 28 along Delaware Avenue. All three incidents involved U-Haul vans being used by armed suspects, according to police.
NBC 10 reported two shots were fired at a woman in one of the incidents, but she was not struck.
Images from security cameras and information on the incidents were released to the media following the crimes.
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The second suspect has not yet been arrested.
Amoabeng, according to court records, had several run-ins with Bucks County police, including in Bensalem Township and Upper Southampton Township.
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.
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