Crime & Safety
'Remorseful' Robber Gives Back Some Loot
Timothy Smith took Ethan Voice's wallet under violent threats last Friday, but returned him $5 cash before using his credit cards.
A man robbed outside an Easton Wawa says the thief gave him back $5 before running away last Friday.
Ethan Voice, the victim of the robbery, said that the suspect, 38-year-old Timothy T. Smith, of Arlington, Virginia, demanded his wallet and then gave him $5 from it.
“Almost like he was remorseful,” Voice told the Express-Times.
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Smith allegedly told Voice to give him his wallet twice or three times and showed him a semiautomatic handgun tucked into the waist of his jeans.
Township police arrested Smith on Saturday. He had used Voice’s credit cards to charge items worth $322 at two other stores.
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Police found Smith by tracking the credit card purchases and using surveillance video to identify Smith’s car. Police also report that Smith had an Airsoft pellet gun.
Smith was sent to the Northampton County Jail. He faces a preliminary hearing Sept. 17 on charges including robbery, theft, and credit card fraud.
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