Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Man Arrested in Robbery Near Bala Avenue Park
The following information has been supplied by the Lower Merion Police Department. If arrests or charges are mentioned, they do not indicate guilt or a conviction.
A 19-year-old Philadelphia man was arrested Thursday night on robbery charges after an attack near in Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion police said Monday.
Police were called about 7 p.m. after a report of two men forcibly taking a purse, containing a cell phone and an undisclosed amount of cash, from a woman walking on Bala Avenue.
As officers searched the area, a Balwyn Place homeowner alerted police to a suspicious man in his back yard who said he needed a taxi, police said.
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Police arriving at the home found a man matching a suspect's description, holding the purse. Ernest McCollom of the 1900 block of N. 54th Street was arrested, and he was taken to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in lieu of $20,000 bail, police said.
No other suspect was apprehended.
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