Post by Logan on Mar 21, 2016 8:09:01 GMT -6
Ex-trooper killed when he stages hold-up; 2 others also dead
FORT LITTLETON, Pa. - A retired state trooper killed a turnpike toll collector and a security guard in a holdup attempt at a toll plaza and then was shot dead by troopers while trying to escape with the money, authorities said.
Clarence Briggs, who retired four years ago, confronted two Pennsylvania Turnpike toll collectors with a handgun Sunday morning at the Fort Littleton toll plaza in Dublin Township, 65 miles west of Harrisburg, the state capital, police said.
Briggs ordered both into an adjoining office and tried to tie them up but fled after a struggle, they said. Both employees left the building as a fare collection vehicle arrived and a security guard emerged, they said.
Briggs then shot and killed one of the toll collectors, Danny Crouse, who had been on the job less than three months, and Ronald Heist, a retired York police officer who was employed by a detective agency and was working as turnpike security, Capt. David Cain said.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160321_Three_dead_in_robbery_attempt_on_Pa__Turnpike.html
FORT LITTLETON, Pa. - A retired state trooper killed a turnpike toll collector and a security guard in a holdup attempt at a toll plaza and then was shot dead by troopers while trying to escape with the money, authorities said.
Clarence Briggs, who retired four years ago, confronted two Pennsylvania Turnpike toll collectors with a handgun Sunday morning at the Fort Littleton toll plaza in Dublin Township, 65 miles west of Harrisburg, the state capital, police said.
Briggs ordered both into an adjoining office and tried to tie them up but fled after a struggle, they said. Both employees left the building as a fare collection vehicle arrived and a security guard emerged, they said.
Briggs then shot and killed one of the toll collectors, Danny Crouse, who had been on the job less than three months, and Ronald Heist, a retired York police officer who was employed by a detective agency and was working as turnpike security, Capt. David Cain said.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160321_Three_dead_in_robbery_attempt_on_Pa__Turnpike.html