Two Salt and Pepper Deli workers, a 44-year-old man and a 41-year-old man, were attacked Sunday night at about 1 a.m. near their home on the 1100 block of S. 47th Street, according to police. The men had just finished working and were walking home to their apartment building when three males wearing all dark clothing stopped them as they entered the building. One of the attackers was armed with a machete while another male was armed with a handgun.
The attackers forced the victims into the apartment where one of the victims lives. The third robber handcuffed both victims when they got inside the apartment. The attackers took $800 from the 44-year-old man (his pay from work) and his Apple Macbook Laptop. After the robbers finished searching the apartment, they uncuffed both of the victims and fled. There were no injuries reported. All three suspects were wearing black masks and gloves.
CBS reports that one of the victims is Narom Uon, a cook at the Salt and Pepper Deli and his two daughters, a 10-year-old and a 13-year-old were witnesses to the home invasion. Reportedly, they were told to sit in the living room while the robbers were searching their apartment. Uon was interviewed on the local CBS station.
August 21st, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Cowards.
August 21st, 2012 at 5:10 pm
mutants
August 22nd, 2012 at 1:59 pm
i don’t wish anyone ill will, save for those who unlawfully send their kids to PAS, to anyone, but that place should have been shut down for alcohol and sanitation violations years ago. it’s a blight and a gathering spot for the dregs of west philly. i wouldn’t be surprised at all if it was a couple of the regulars who were casing and knocked off the place.
reap what you sow much?
August 22nd, 2012 at 4:43 pm
I’m going to disagree with you nun. Those men are hard-working and kind. It’s the trashbags on the street that hangout in there and beg for money that make that place unpleasant sometimes. It’s not a palace, it’s a beer store. These guys did not “reap what they sow,” they were victimized by subhuman cowards. We should be standing in solidarity with them not calling for them to go out of business.
August 22nd, 2012 at 7:36 pm
May I say that readers should not assume the post was from a real nun.
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:38 pm
no one deserves a home invasion, but that joint is a dump and a nuisance.
August 22nd, 2012 at 10:43 pm
Will the police be able to use video from Chester Food Plaza on the corner? I noticed they installed new cameras when they did their facelift (looks good, by the way!)
August 22nd, 2012 at 11:11 pm
We need a good public execution to put a little fear in these animals. Impale them.
August 22nd, 2012 at 11:54 pm
We’re living in desperate times as the gap between wealthy and poor grows wider and West Philadelphia becomes more gentrified. So, um, maybe think about the context for an increase in crime before laying blame on the small scale? The freaking State just cut a measly $200 a month of cash assitance, even to people who are medically qualified as disabled. Thiere’s an ongoing, ruthless war on the poor being waged. And the wealthy real estate vultures continue to take over homes of long-time residents in West Philadelphia, turning them into granite counter-top condos for Penn students from Wealthy families. Instead of a good public execution we need good public education, food, housing, stable rents and living wages for all.
August 23rd, 2012 at 9:26 am
So obviously, the only rational thing to do is to assault and rob hard-working folks.
August 23rd, 2012 at 11:02 am
Terrifying for anyone involved, and I really hope they catch these people. S&P always has someone begging inside or out for cigarettes or beer, alcoholics drink inside for long stretches, it’s dirty, usually covered in some graffiti, and the plexiglass dividers don’t make it feel very welcoming. I’d rather see S&P go for a major upgrade like Local 44’s Bottle Shop rather than go out of business. The community should be able to buy beer, but no store should allow itself to contribute to blight. I have no idea if the crime was in any way connected to some of the seedy characters who shop and hang there, but it doesn’t help that the block doesn’t feel very friendly — it scares away foot traffic that would help prevent crimes like this, due to added eyes and ears. Next door Chester Food Plaza just made an improvement to the front of their building, which is the sort of thing that should be encouraged here.
August 23rd, 2012 at 12:49 pm
I agree with Not a Nun. This country is digging its own grave. The more social programs you cut and places you gentrify which force people out, the higher crime rate.
August 23rd, 2012 at 10:54 pm
i hope salt and pep stays how it is forever. stop trying to whitewash shit into rittenhouse square. totally agree with not a nun.
and im thankful the workers didnt get hurt. sucks to get victimized
August 23rd, 2012 at 10:55 pm
god forbid it turns into the bottleshop
August 24th, 2012 at 12:38 am
I used to date a woman who lived next door and believe me, as a business, S&P was a horrible neighbor. The trash in the street and occasional all-night burglar alarm were bad enough, but worse was the fact that they took no responsibility for their clientele’s behavior; the malt liquor lovers would roost all day on the apartment building’s steps, bumming smokes and money, getting in boozy blustery fights, and leaving behind a full complement of trash and bodily waste each day (that has to be one reason why there’s now a black iron fence surrounding that apartment building). They were the target of numerous neighborhood complaints for many years but little if anything ever changed – they also appeared to do a very healthy business. I don’t think you’ll see a bottle shop open there any time. Glad the guys involved are okay.
August 25th, 2012 at 3:08 pm
We don’t owe violent criminals our money. They can get jobs like everyone else. If you think any amount of handouts is going to keep criminals from committing crimes, you are insane.
There’s no war against the poor.
August 25th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Salt & Pepper 2 needs a parklet like what Local 44 got!
August 28th, 2012 at 7:17 pm
That was a great statement not a nun made. I’m glad to read that people think what I think and see what I see
August 29th, 2012 at 11:01 am
Whatever you think of the store, I don’t really understand how it’s the fault of the workers. It looks like the workers had reason to leave the customers the hell alone. Blame the proprietor.
August 29th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
that’s a blatant red herring of a statement that ‘not a nun’ made
be careful of broad sweeping statements that tie a segment of society to some wide behavioral net. that’s what Neo Cons do. both sides use the same sort of language. sad
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the people who own and run the Salt and Pepper are most likely in the same bracket as the mutants that invaded and robbed them
NO, “robber” is as poor as you want to believe they are. NO robber spends that money on black beans and ramen noodles as their ‘budget’ requires. people actually think that the monies gained from these thefts are used to actually sustain a working man’s wage
laughable and naive at best. insincere and apologetic at worst
you use these despicable actions to further your own arguments of “class” and race and you embarrass all of us (of all race and economic brackets) trying to make a freaking difference here in West Philadelphia
shame on you