Very Bad Robber

Story Published: May 8, 2008 at 10:31 AM EDT

Story Updated: May 8, 2008 at 10:31 AM EDT

By WKBW News

Police say they had no trouble tracking down a robbery suspect, because the victims had taken his picture while chatting with him at a bar a short time before the theft.

The suspect, Andre Smith, struck up a conversation with a group
of women at a bachelorette party at the Bensalem Township taproom
early Sunday morning, the township's public safety director, Fred
Harran, said Wednesday. The women were taking photos of each other
when Smith jumped in front of the camera, Harran said.

Smith later was ejected from the bar for allegedly harassing
customers.

When two women in the group left the bar to go to a nearby
convenience store, Smith robbed them of their purses, Harran said.
The women recognized Smith - who apparently didn't recognize them -
and gave investigators a copy of their photo, Harran said.

Later Sunday, a detective went around to local apartment
complexes looking for Smith and spotted him, Harran said.

Smith was arrested on robbery and theft charges and is being
held on $50,000 bail. Electronic court records did not list an
attorney for him.

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