By CHRISTINE OLLEYPhiladelphia Daily News
olleyc@phillynews.com 215-854-5184
Police yesterday announced the arrest of a Strawberry Mansion man charged in connection with a robbery last month that netted about $220,000 worth of watches from an upscale Center City men's store.
Nathaniel Williams, 19, of Page Street near 31st, was arrested near his home Wednesday night at 31st and Berks streets, police said.
He was charged with robbery, conspiracy and related offenses for allegedly being one of the four men who robbed Govberg's Jewelry Store inside Boyd's on Chestnut Street near 18th, police said.
The armed robbers entered the store about 2:15 p.m. on June 4, said Lt. Richard Brown, of Central Detectives.
Lt. Frank Vanore, a police spokesman, said that Williams and another man subdued a security guard and several store employees with pepper spray while the other two smashed display cases and swiped high-end watches.
"It was well-executed," Brown said of the robbery. "From the time they entered the store to the time they left took all of about 30 seconds."
Cops said the thieves escaped by driving a getaway car through the parking lot on Chestnut to Ranstead Street.
Those who were hit with pepper spray didn't require hospitalization, and no one else was injured during the crime, police said.
Store surveillance video helped police track down Williams, Vanore said.
Asked if Williams was helping police to find the other suspects, Vanore said only that "the investigation is ongoing." *
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