Crime & Safety
Pair Carjack Driver After Stealing From Exton Mall
Police said two men stole items from the Exton Square Mall then carjacked a person outside a nearby Starbucks, leading to a police chase.
EXTON, PA — Police in West Whiteland are looking for two men who stole from an Exton Square Mall store then carjacked a vehicle outside a Starbucks.
The incident occurred Saturday at the mall.
Two men were confronted by staff at Boscov's in the mall after allegedly stealing items, but the men threatened the staff with a hammer and ran out of the mall.
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The two ran to a nearby Starbucks where they forced a person out of their vehicle and drove off in the vehicle.
A short chase with police ensued.
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The pair were last seen traveling east on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in a gray-blue Subaru Forester.
Police said the two arrived at the mall in a black Range Rover, which has been found.
Police in Lower Merion Township issued a crime alert Monday regarding a break-in at a Bala Cynwyd business, and the suspects appear to be the same suspects in this case.
Contact the Det./Sgt. Jason Madormo with the West Whiteland Township Police Department at 610-363-0200, extension 1012 or the county dispatch at 610-692-5100 with information about the incident.
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