Wawa

THEY SHARED the same name, the same blood, and on Monday night, Allen "Steve" Briscoe shared a similar tragic fate as his nephew. Briscoe, 66, was driving down 30th Street in Camden Monday night when he allegedly struck a pregnant, 16-year-old girl with his 2004 Ford F-150 near Berkley Street, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said. The vehicle struck the girl at a low speed, the Prosecutor's Office said, and she suffered "very minor injuries" despite being knocked to the ground.

Maybe it was just a bad nicotine fit * Bustleton Avenue near Hellerman Street An armed robber made off with cash and cigarettes after holding up a Wawa in Oxford Circle yesterday, police said. The suspect, described as a Hispanic male in his early 30s, was wearing a tan jacket and tan pants when he entered the Wawa about 6:30 a.m. yesterday and pulled out a gun. He fled on foot along Bustleton Avenue with an undetermined amount of cash and about 30 packs of cigarettes, police said.

Wawa tries everything. Sonic -style drive-in booths and Panera -like sit-down tables didn't last. But centralized baking and store-built hoagies have been profitable, and Wawa Inc. is now the world's biggest hoagie-maker, or so says bread supplier Len Amoroso . The 600-store, century-old, dairy-based, Delaware County-based Wawa chain has tried, and canceled, national taco, pizza, and doughnut concessions. It has tried bigger stores and smaller ones, before settling on 5,500 square feet as ideal for keeping people moving and reasonably cheerful.

The female half of a duo pulled over for a traffic stop called 911 with a phony report of a holdup at a nearby Wawa in an attempt to route officers from the scene, according to Gloucester Township police. Police say events unfolded when they pulled over a car driven by Robert Webb at 11:35 p.m. Monday on Blackwood-Clementon Road for an unspecified reason. During the stop, Janora Carter, who was sitting in the passenger seat, called 911. She reported that there was a man armed with a shotgun at the Wawa on Little Gloucester Road, police say. Officers believe Carter made the call to force them to to let the couple go in order to respond to the fane robbery call.

A Philadelphia police officer was charged Tuesday with using debit and credit cards he stole from people who were jailed, federal prosecutors said. Charles Jacoby, 30, was charged in a criminal information with one count of wire fraud related to a debit card transaction in April at a Wawa store in Philadelphia. Being charged by criminal information means Jacoby likely will plead guilty. Jacoby, a 10-year veteran of the force, was assigned to the 22d District as a patrol officer and cell block attendant, federal prosecutors said in the information.

Authorities in Radnor Township are seeking a tall, husky man who held up the Wawa store in Wayne by brandishing a box cutter or razor at the store's clerk early Wednesday. The man banged on the counter, then pulled the weapon from his white hooded sweatshirt and said in a calm, soft voice, "Give me the money," as two other clerks and two shoppers in the store at 213 W. Lancaster Ave. watched. The female clerk handed over an undisclosed amount of cash from the register. The man fled across the parking lot to a small silver SUV parked on a nearby side street and drove east on Lancaster Avenue.

Authorities in Radnor Township are seeking a tall, husky man who held up the Wawa store in Wayne by brandishing a box cutter or razor at the store's clerk early this morning. The man banged on the counter, then pulled the weapon from his white hooded sweatshirt and said in a calm, soft voice, "Give me the money," as two other clerks and two shoppers watched in the store at 213 W. Lancaster Ave. The female clerk handed over an undisclosed amount of cash from the register and was not hurt.

The Pennsylvania Transit Expansion Coalition supports restored passenger rail service west of Elwyn, but is concerned about the escalating costs to extend the line three miles. The Wawa project is budgeted at $80 million, or $26.6 million per mile. Other transit agencies in the United States have made similar extensions at a lower cost per mile. PA-TEC recommends removing the 600-spot parking garage until growth dictates its need; reopening the Glen Riddle rail station on Route 452 to provide walkable access for residents at the Glenn Riddle Station apartment complex; removing the proposed railyard at Lenni; closing the Media yard; and scaling the Wawa train station to a fundable level.

An elderly Montgomery County man was hit by a pickup truck and killed Tuesday while he was out for a walk, according to Lower Salford police. Just before 7 p.m., John L. Wile, 81, of Harleysville, was struck by a Dodge Ram in front of a Wawa, on the 300 block of Main Street, police said. The driver, who was not identified by police, had left the Wawa and was pulling out from the parking lot when the accident occurred. Wile, was transported to Grand View Hospital in Sellersville.