Gunman robs Haddonfield Rite Aid, carjacks priest
An armed man carjacked a priest after robbing a Rite Aid store Tuesday afternoon in Haddonfield, police said. Around 12:10 p.m., the man entered the store at 715 Haddon Ave. carrying an orange traffic cone and wearing a white hard hat and a black mask, police said.
An armed man carjacked a priest after robbing a Rite Aid store Tuesday afternoon in Haddonfield, police said.
Around 12:10 p.m., the man entered the store at 715 Haddon Ave. carrying an orange traffic cone and wearing a white hard hat and a black mask, police said.
He jumped the pharmacy counter, revealed a handgun, and demanded the drugs Adderall and oxycodone. He received an undisclosed amount of Adderall pill bottles and fled into the parking lot, where he forced a priest from a car. The man drove for about a block, then ditched the vehicle and disappeared.
No one was injured.
The suspect was wearing a long yellow rain jacket, a yellow reflective vest, and a hooded sweatshirt. He was described as white, standing about 6-foot-2, and weighing 200 pounds.
Before the robbery, he was seen acting as if he were measuring trees near the store with a tape measure, police said.
A similarly dressed man previously robbed a Rite Aid in Logan Township, Gloucester County.
Haddonfield Police Lt. Jason Cutler said the armed robbery was the borough's first in almost two years.
Anyone with information is asked to call Haddonfield Police Detectives at 856-429-4700, Ext. 250, or Camden County Prosecutor's Office Detective Vince McCalla at 856-225-8569. - Michael Boren and Robert Moran