Arrest Made In Main Line Gunpoint Robbery, Police Say

BALA CYNWYD, PA — The man suspected of an attempted gunpoint robbery in Bala Cynwyd and attempted kidnappings in New Jersey has been arrested, police said.

Lower Merion Township Police said in partnership with Cherry Hill Police, the suspected was identified as Kent William Powe, 58, of Philadelphia.

Power was arrested Thursday morning outside a home on the 200 block of Jackson Avenue in Collingdale, Delaware County.

Authorities executed search warrants on Powe's home on the 2000 block of Redfield Street in Philadelphia, the Jackson Avenue residence, and his vehicle. The search turned up a handgun and clothes that matched what was worn in the incident at 6:55 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 in the Royal Athena Apartment Complex at 600 Righters Ferry Road in Bala Cynwyd.

During that incident, Powe is accused of following a woman into an elevator, putting a gun to her back, and saying "you know what this is." The woman ran from the elevator and the suspect, believed to be Powe, fled the area in a Nissan Altima with its license plate covered up.

In Lower Merion, Powe has been charged with felony attempted kidnapping, felony robbery, felony violation of the uniform firearms act, possession of an instrument of a crime and false imprisonment.

Powe is accused of trying to kidnap women in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on Nov. 14 and Nov. 20. The Cherry Hill Police Department’s investigation into the two similar incidents that occurred intheir jurisdiction is ongoing

He was as held after failing to post $1 million bail and is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 18.

Lower Merion Police Department thanked the Cherry Hill, Philadelphia, and Collingdale police departments for their assistance in this investigation.