Law enforcement officials in Montgomery County have announced the arrests and charging of two people who, officials believe, stabbed a loss prevention officer following an altercation on Dec. 6, 2024.
According to police officials, officers apprehended Truman Parks, 52 and Sydney Swain-Parks, 27, both of Philadelphia, and charged them with attempted murder, conspiracy and related offenses after a string of events led to a violent stabbing of a loss prevention officer at a Five Below store at Greenleaf in Cheltenham.
In a statement on the arrests, officials claim the incident unfolded on Dec. 6, 2024, beginning at about 4:45 p.m. when Parks was, allegedly, captured on store surveillance equipment after he entered the store, filled a store basket with over $150 worth of merchandise and then fled the store without paying…