{"id":309970,"date":"2026-10-19T17:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309970\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:34:08","slug":"man-used-fake-paperwork-to-steal-rifle-from-walmart-in-bensalem-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309970\/","title":{"rendered":"Man used fake paperwork to steal rifle from Walmart in Bensalem: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/73rjo3up6irfktdw.jpg\" alt=\"Man sought after allegedly using fake paperwork to get rifle from Walmart\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/73rjo3up6irfktdw.jpg\" alt=\"Man sought after allegedly using fake paperwork to get rifle from Walmart\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-fab1b86c=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">BENSALEM, Pa. &#8211; Bensalem police are looking for a man who they say walked into Walmart, used fraudulent paperwork and took a Winchester .308 rifle from the store before leaving the area, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>   Police say rifle stolen with fake paperwork at Walmart Friday <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Police responded to the Walmart at 3461 Horizon Boulevard at approximately 2:31 p.m. Friday for a report of retail theft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Investigators say a man wearing a black jacket and dark blue jeans and carrying a collapsible scooter entered the store around 1:40 p.m. While inside, he put on a yellow vest and selected a rifle bag offered for sale. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The male, according to police, approached a sporting goods employee and presented forged paperwork claiming to provide &#8220;clearance&#8221; for a Winchester .308 rifle. Surveillance footage captured the male entering a restricted employee-only area, putting the rifle in the bag, and then exiting through the store&#8217;s garden center.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Police say the man left the store just before 2:00 p.m. on Friday. He was subsequently seen on surveillance footage around 1:50 p.m. traveling through the Neshaminy Mall parking lot toward the SEPTA bus stop. Authorities say this as the last verified sighting of the suspect carrying the stolen rifle.<\/p>\n<p> Ongoing search and unanswered questions for Bensalem police <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Police have not yet located the man and are investigating leads. They are also expected to provide further updates once more information is available.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Anyone with information regarding this incident or who can help identify the male seen in surveillance images is urged to contact Bensalem Police Detective Tom Jackson at (215) 633-3667.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article contains information from the Bensalem Police Department and reporting by FOX 29&#8217;s Jennifer Joyce.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/bucks-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bucks County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENSALEM, Pa. &#8211; Bensalem police are looking for a man who they say walked into Walmart, used fraudulent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194,197,592,139,539,593],"class_list":["post-309970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township","tag-bucks-county","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}