'Upskirter,' Cane Beating, Alleged Taco Bell Robber Climbs Out Drive-Thru Window: Pa.'s Top Crime News

By JUSTIN HEINZE (Patch Staff)

Join us as we count down the 10 weirdest, strangest, most bizarre, and most disturbing police stories from the past week in Pennsylvania.

10. Philadelphia Chef Arrested On Child Porn Charges

• Taylor Hecht, 28, is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail, authorities said. He is a chef at Brigantessa.

9. Aggressive Solicitor Reported As Unlicensed In Hatboro: Police

• Police are warning residents about a woman knocking on doors around the borough and demanding to see their PECO bills.

8. Montgomery County Teens Steal And Then Wreck Cars Overnight: Police

• Four “suspicious” males were reported pulling on car door handles in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

7. Montgomery Twp. Chick-fil-A Employees Allegedly Rob Their Own Store: Report

• They called 911 to “report” the robbery.

6. Norristown Woman Tries To Collect A Debt, Is Beaten With Cane: Report

• The incident was caught on camera.

5. Delco Man Charged In $30M Scheme Is A Pastor, Report Says

• Vitaly Korchevsky, one of nine indicted in a multi-million scheme, is reportedly a pastor at Slavic Evangelical Baptist Church in Brookhaven

4. $20M Worth Of Cocaine Traced To Pa. Storage Unit, Report Says

• Cocaine with a street value of $20M was reportedly seized from a Pennsylvania storage unit and a parked car in New Jersey over the weekend.

3. Buckingham Woman Gets Jail For Having Sex With Student

• Jessica Streeper, 34, faces 9 to 23 months in Montgomery County prison for charges she had sex with a Norristown student.

2. Police Searching For Man Who Took ‘Upskirt’ Video In Delco T.J. Maxx: Report

• Police are seeking a man they say recorded an “upskirt” video of a woman without her consent at a Delaware County department store.

1. Man Caught Robbing Phoenixville Taco Bell As He Climbs Out Drive-Thru Window: Police

• The suspect, a 22-year-old from Greenwich, Connecticut, fled the scene with his shirt over his head at about 1:46 a.m.