Man steals money, barricades woman in room at Meadows Off Track Betting

HARMAR TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man wearing a mask stole cash from a safe, and forced a woman working into a room with no phone and barricaded her there at the Meadows Off Track Betting in Harmar Township, according to police.

Detectives said just before 10 a.m. a woman was the lone employee at the business on Anchor Drive. She said the building was locked at this time. As she was preparing to open, police said a man demanded her car keys and barricaded her in a room with no phone.

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The man took cash from the safe and put it in a black trash bag. He left the building and took the woman's car. The vehicle is described as a 2005 Ford Escape, dark gray in color, with a PA Wildlife Conservation plate reading WR 23951 and a Slippery Rock sticker in the rear window.

The robber is described as a man standing about 5-feet, 4-inches tall with a medium build. He was wearing a dark hooded jacket with the hood pulled up over a light-colored ball cap.

The betting facility will be closed until Friday.

Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the Allegheny County Police Tipline at 1-833-ALL-TIPS (1-833-255-8477), callers can remain anonymous.

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