Bridgeville police find robbery suspect after sending him Facebook warning
BRIDGEVILLE (AP) – State police have helped cops in a southwestern Pennsylvania town keep a Facebook promise they made to an armed robbery suspect: “We WILL find you.”
The Meadville Tribune reports Tuesday that 32-year-old Robert Watkins III was arrested Sunday in Rockdale Township. That’s near Meadville, which is Watkins’ hometown – and about 100 miles north of Bridgeville.
That’s where police got a warrant charging Watkins with the Thanksgiving Day robbery of a Gulf gasoline station.
Bridgeville police posted a message on Facebook saying, “It’s only a matter of time before we find you.” The post included several pictures of Watkins, and said he had been identified through surveillance video at the scene.
Online court records show Watkins was returned early Tuesday and arraigned in Allegheny County, where he’s jailed without an attorney.