ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Allentown Police are investigating an early morning robbery involving a baseball bat.
Just before 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a reported armed robbery in the area of N. 5th and Linden streets.
The victim allegedly told police they were robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash in the Arts Park by a man armed with a baseball bat.
Police were able to locate and detain a man carrying a baseball bat and in possession of the suspected stolen money.
The suspect, 46-year-old Ray Fields of Allentown, is charged with robbery, simple assault and related offenses.
Online court records list Fields as in the custody of Lehigh County Jail on $25,000 bail.