Police arrest man for Manayunk jewelry store robbery

    Police have arrested Raheem Hankerson in connection with last week’s robbery of a Manayunk jewelry store. Hankerson turned himself in Tuesday.

     

    Hankerson is one of two men who bound the employees of A.I Poland Jewelers on Main Street March 29 and stole $100,000 worth of jewelry, which was later recovered.

    Megan Pinto will have the full report for NewsWorks as police search for the second suspect, Anthony Burnett.

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