25, Thanksgiving Day, at the Rite Aid store in the 1400 block of West Cheltenham Avenue at about 6:10 p.m., according to court papers. “The results of this evaluation show that (Boothe) can be included as a potential contributor to the DNA profile found on the fabric liner on the inside of the white hardhat,” police wrote in the criminal complaint.īoothe also was linked to a second armed robbery two days later, on Nov. That hard hat was later sent to the Pennsylvania State Police Crime Lab for DNA analysis. Officers who canvassed the area found a white hard hat discarded along the robber’s escape route in the street on Buckley Road, directly across the street from the 7-Eleven, court papers indicate. Investigators obtained video surveillance camera footage from the store that recorded the robbery, during which the suspect pulled out a black pistol and pointed it at the clerk. A female clerk reported that a man wearing a white hard hat, dark hooded sweatshirt and black pants brandished a gun, demanded cash and stole cash from a cash register, according to the criminal complaint. 23, 2021, when Cheltenham police responded to a report of a robbery in progress at the 7-Eleven in the 200 block of South Easton Road in the Glenside section of the township.

Boothe also faces a $3,243 restitution bill in connection with the case.īoothe pleaded guilty to the charges several days before his trial was slated to begin. Rogers, who accepted a plea agreement, also ordered that Boothe undergo a mental health evaluation and comply with all recommendations for treatment. Boothe, 37, of the 2000 block of Spencer Street, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 6 to 12 years in a state correctional facility after he pleaded guilty to felony charges of robbery, person not to possess a firearm and aggravated assault in connection with incidents that occurred between Nov. NORRISTOWN - The hard hat he wore and discarded during one of two armed robberies of businesses in Cheltenham Township led to the arrest of a Philadelphia man after his DNA was found on the liner of the protective head gear.

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