{"id":144845,"date":"2026-03-21T20:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/144845\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:12:20","slug":"lower-merion-township-police-armed-suspect-posed-as-solar-worker-during-driveway-carjacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/144845\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Merion Township police: Armed suspect posed as solar worker during driveway carjacking"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOWER MERION TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Police in Lower Merion Township are searching for the suspect who carjacked a man in his driveway and forced him to drive to several banks.<\/p>\n

It happened on Monday around 5 p.m. at a home on Wilshire Road in the Penn Wynne section of Lower Merion Township.<\/p>\n

Police say the suspect posed as a solar power solicitor and tried to converse with the victim at his home.<\/p>\n

When the homeowner declined the services, police say the suspect presented a gun and forced the man into his own car.<\/p>\n

The suspect then allegedly made the victim drive to several banks to withdraw money from the ATM.<\/p>\n

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Lower Merion Township police are searching for this suspect who is accused of carjacking at man on March 20, 2023.<\/p>\n

When the victim was told to drive into Philadelphia, he was able to jump out of the moving vehicle in an effort to escape.<\/p>\n

Police say the suspect was able to get away after the car crashed into a parked vehicle.<\/p>\n

The suspect was last seen wearing dark-colored clothing and a mask over his face. He was also wearing a lanyard with an ID card pouch when he first approached the victim.<\/p>\n

The victim suffered moderate injuries after jumping from the vehicle, police said.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call the Lower Merion Police Investigations Unit. He is considered to be armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n

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