Crime & Safety

Penn Valley Man Robbed at Knifepoint

The victim was walking home after getting cash at Wawa.

A Penn Valley resident walking home from Wawa was robbed Saturday afternoon by a man with a knife, Lower Merion police said Monday.

The man had withdrawn an undisclosed amount of money from the 's ATM and had walked about three-quarters of a mile to Margo Lane and Hagys Ford Road, next to , when the man with a knife approached him from behind about 3:40 p.m.

The victim handed over cash, and the robber—described by the victim as a masked white man in his 20s—ran south on Hagys Ford Road, back the way both men had come.

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The victim was uninjured. It was unclear whether the robber had seen the victim use the ATM.


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