A manhunt unfolded in Bensalem Township on Tuesday afternoon following a robbery in Warminster Township.
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Bensalem Township police were alerted at approximately 2:13 p.m. of a black Dodge Charger involved in an earlier robbery.
The vehicle was spotted speeding east on Street Road toward Bensalem Township, with a witness reporting an object being thrown from the car at the intersection of Street Road and Trevose Road, police said.
Officers converged near Brookwood Drive where the vehicle was last sighted.
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Shortly after, a 9-1-1 caller reported the that a car was ditched at the intersection of Brown Avenue and Olga Avenue in the Eddington section of the township. Two men were seen exiting the vehicle and fleeing on foot, police said.
Officers detained one suspect on Woodbine Avenue at Eddington Avenue.
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The suspect was then transported to Bensalem Township Police Department for questioning.
Initial reports of a second suspect led to a large-scale search involving multiple officers, but it was later confirmed that the suspect in custody was the sole occupant of the vehicle, police said.
Near the train tracks at Street and Trevose roads, officers recovered a cell phone that was subsequently turned over to Warminster Township police.
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Warminster Township detectives took custody of the abandoned vehicle and joined Bensalem officers to interview the suspect, police said.
The incident started off as an armed robbery reported earlier in the afternoon in the 200 block of East County Line Road in Warminster Township.
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