May 2, 2025 at 12:14 EDTPA homepage
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are searching for two people after they say a man was robbed in a restroom.
On May 1, officers were called to the 300 block of South Main Street for a reported robbery. Police said the victim, a 55-year-old man from Willkes-Barre, went to use the restroom inside the business, and a man and woman followed him.
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The victim claimed that the two people demanded money while one of them threatened him with a broomstick, officers reported.
Police say the victim gave them $70 in cash, and they fled the scene in a white KIA sedan.
The investigation is ongoing.
