Man Commits Robbery With Gun-Shaped Lighter: Police

A man walked into a cleaners in Abington Township, pulled out his lighter, and said, "I have a gun, gimmie all the money," police said.

The man then reached into the cash register and helped himself to the cash, authorities said.

The incident happened at 5 p.m. on September 23, at the Green Clean Cleaners on Township Line Road.  The robbery victim told police observed the man leaving the store, in a green Dodge four-door sedan.  Authorities recognized the vehicle description as one involved in previous robberies in the area.

After a search, the car was spotted on Susquehanna Road near Bradfield Road.  Officers pulled the car over and detained the driver, 29-year-old Thomas Moore, of Boothwyn, Pennsylvania.  In his pocket was a silver cigarette lighter, shaped like a handgun.

Moore admitted to robbing the cleaners and to committing several other crimes in the Delaware Valley area.