Man arrested in Olney cell phone robberies

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Thursday, February 11, 2016
VIDEO: Arrest in cell phone robberies
Police made an arrest in cell phone robberies.

OLNEY (WPVI) -- Action News has learned that Philadelphia police have made an arrest in connection to a series of armed cell phone robberies.

Investigators say the four victims had posted ads trying to sell their phones online.

The suspect, 21-year-old Gary Alan Wilson Jr., then allegedly posed as a buyer, met the sellers late at night in Olney, and stole their phones at gunpoint.