(PA) Permit holder pulls gun on would-be robber 02-25-04

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Senior citizen pulls gun on knife-wielding robber Bucks County Courier
Times
February 25, 2004 4:27 AM

A senior citizen using the men’s room yesterday at a popular Middletown
eatery was approached by a would-be robber waving a knife. The potential
victim responded by pulling out his own weapon – a handgun.

A thin, white male between 25 and 30 years old tried to rob the 68-
year-old Langhorne man about 9:30 a.m. at the Great American Diner and
Pub, 1201 E. Lincoln Highway, Middletown Sgt. Ken Mellus said.

The Langhorne man is licensed to carry the gun, police said. No shots
were fired and the suspect fled.

The suspect has brown hair, combed straight back and was wearing blue
jeans and a light brown, three-quarter length coat.

No one in the diner witnessed the crime or saw the suspect.

Mellus asks if anyone has information about the incident to call
Middletown police at 215-750-3845.