Bethlehem girls, now 18, were convicted in taking part in a string of convenience store robberies this summer.
Two teenage girls from Bethlehem convicted of acting as lookouts in a string of summer robberies from Allentown to Palmer Township will serve at least 28 months and no more than six years in state prison. On Friday, Northampton County Judge Leonard Zito sentenced Ashley Eskaff and Ashley Horning – both now 18 – to 14 months to 28 months in prison for their part in four robberies in Bethlehem and one in Palmer, according to The Express Times. However, he ordered their sentences to run concurrent to a 28-month to six-year sentence handed down for similar crimes in Lehigh County, the newspaper reported. After she was arrested in July, Horning told Bethlehem police that she and her three accomplices robbed convenience stores “for the money …
Four Bethlehem area teens charged with five armed robberies in Bethlehem and Palmer Township are also accused of committing two robberies in Allentown.
Four Bethlehem area teenagers accused of committing five armed robberies in the city and Palmer Township are now also charged with two more armed robberies at convenience stores in East Allentown, according to The Morning Call. In one of the alleged robberies, a clerk was shot twice in the shoulder with a pellet gun. That robbery took place on July 14 at the Patel Food Market, 1227 Airport Road, at about 5:15 a.m., Allentown police told the newspaper. The clerk is recovering from his injuries. That would be more than an hour after the group of four teens is accused of robbing a 7-Eleven at 2930 Linden St. in Bethlehem. The teens also allegedly struck at the 7-Eleven at 1302 Hanover Ave. in Allentown at 1:25 a.m. on July 15, according to …
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