Philly man admits stealing $14G from McDonald’s
MEDIA COURTHOUSE >> A Philadelphia man arrested in October for stealing more than $14,000 from an Eddystone McDonald’s entered an open guilty plea Tuesday to robbery while threatening seriously bodily injury, a felony of the first degree.
Adrian Greenfield, 39, of the 5600 block of North Fairhill Street, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy for the Oct. 3 robbery. He was taken into custody approximately two minutes after the robbery occurred, according to authorities.
Eddystone Police Officer Shane Coyle was dispatched to the restaurant at 1576 Chester Pike at about 12:28 a.m. He was en route when he spotted a man matching the description of the suspect walking along Chester Pike at Saville Avenue and turned his cruiser around to make a pedestrian stop.
The man, later identified as Greenfield, was profusely sweating and out of breath. He was carrying a red baseball cap and sweatshirt, and had a do-rag around his neck “tied to the exact tightness it could be used as a mask as if he just pulled it down his face,” according to the affidavit of probable cause.
As Coyle questioned Greenfield, Officer Ryan Sweet received a description of the robber from the McDonald’s staff, who indicated he was wearing a red hat and black mask.
Sweet relayed the description to Coyle, who detained Greenfield. Sweet also watched surveillance footage from the restaurant and matched Greenfield’s clothing to that worn by the suspect in the video.
The employees said they were leaving the restaurant when a man wearing a red baseball cap, a hooded sweatshirt up over his head and a do-rag over his face ran up to them. The man had his hand in his pocket and told them he had a gun.
The robber forced the employees into the office and told them to get on the ground, then had the manager open a safe and transferred the cash to a yellow plastic grocery bag. Greenfield told the employees not to look at him or he would shoot them, the affidavit says.
Officer Timothy Kearny of the Ridley Township Police Department located the yellow Shop Rite bag in the 1300 block of Chester Pike with the money still inside. The bag was located on the route Greenfield would have taken from the McDonald’s before being stopped by Coyne.
Another suspect is also still under investigation in the case, according to Emily Harris, a spokesperson for the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office.
Assistant District Attorney Brian Doherty did not recommend a sentence due to the open nature of the plea. Defense attorney Scott Kramer requested a drug and alcohol evaluation and psychological evaluation prior to sentencing, set for April 5.
The robber forced the employees into the office and told them to get on the ground, then had the manager open a safe and transferred the cash to a yellow plastic grocery bag. Greenfield told the employees not to look at him or he would shoot them, the affidavit says.