Robber beats elderly couple with hammer in their central Pa. home: police

A 37-year-old Adams County man was arrested and charged with several felonies after Pennsylvania State Police said he broke into the home of an elderly couple in 2023 and stole cash, jewelry and prescription drugs, according to the statement. then attacked the house owners with a hammer. .

According to the statement, Gettysburg State Fire Service troopers were dispatched to the 100 block of Kinneman Road in Berwick Township around 5:45 a.m. on June 30, 2023, after a 79-year-old man and his wife were attacked by a thief with a hammer. .