Police have arrested three people, two females and one male, in connection with the robbery and assault that took place on Sunday, Aug. 2 at a SEPTA bus stop at 48th and Larchwood. As was reported earlier, a 46-year-old woman was waiting for a bus shortly after 9 a.m. when another unknown woman approached her, grabbed her purse and cut her arm with a box cutter, according to a police report. She then fled in a black 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, which police said was an Enterprise rental car operated by an unknown male.
Two days later, on Aug. 4, police spotted the same car and the male and female suspects in the Wynnefield neighborhood. After searching the male suspect, police found a black and yellow box cutter razor, which matched the description of the weapon used in the Aug. 2 robbery and attack. Police also searched the car and the suspects’ residence located in Wynnefield and found several receipts from purchases made with the victim’s credit cards after the robbery. Three suspects, 35-year-old Maryam Spain, 47-year-old Marvin Saunders, and a third, unidentified female who police say was using the stolen credit cards, were arrested on Monday, Aug. 10.
August 11th, 2015 at 2:01 pm
wow, what pieces of sh*t!!!!!!!!!
August 12th, 2015 at 1:42 pm
More excellent work by our local police force. These success stories should get more attention.
August 12th, 2015 at 7:43 pm
Bravo to the detectives who tracked the lowlifes down – to say nothing much about how stupid are you using a rental car to rob people (or maybe the car was on “loan”). It will be interesting to hear what police records they had and whether they should’ve been out on the street in the first place. Hopefully they will get some serious jail time – yes they deserve it. They’ll be better off behind bars and we will also.