BENSALEM, PA — Early Saturday, Bensalem Police swiftly responded to a gunpoint robbery at a 7-11 on Lincoln Highway in Trevose. At approximately 2:50 AM, a man allegedly threatened the store clerk with a concealed weapon and demanded cash and cigarettes. Surveillance footage later revealed the suspect fleeing in a silver-blue Chevrolet Malibu.
Utilizing advanced surveillance technology, officers traced the vehicle heading south into Philadelphia. A traffic stop was initiated around 4:50 AM near a local Wawa, where Amanda Petherbridge, 34, and Christopher Yelverton, 42, both of no fixed address, were detained. Although Yelverton did not match his earlier attire, items found in the vehicle connected them to the crime.
The vehicle search revealed black clothing, a large sum of cash, a loaded semi-automatic handgun, narcotics, and the stolen cigarettes. Neither Petherbridge nor Yelverton are permitted to own firearms, and both confessed to the 7-11 robbery and two other similar incidents in the area.
