Apr 14, 2008 8:50 am US/Eastern
Sword Used In Bucks Co. House Robbery
NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) ―
Police in Bucks
County say two Philadelphia men armed with a ceremonial
sword stole prescription drugs from a home.
Upper Makefield police responding to a robbery call say they
stopped a car leaving the neighborhood and found pill bottles belonging to the
homeowneras well as a large sword.
Police say 23-year-old Jonathan Hernandez-Pagan and
28-year-old Luis Amadeo are charged with receiving stolen property and related offenses.
Authorities say the pair used the sword to make a woman
direct them to the house. The woman tells police she had just met the men, and
mentioned that the home's resident was on a lot of medications.
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