Delaware County Daily Times - Aug 19, 2000 Article

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Delaware County Daily Times (Primos - Upper Darby, PA) - Saturday, August 19, 2000

Rain postpones search for missing toddler

NOTTINGHAM – Yesterday's rainy weather prevented investigators from searching a wooded site here for the body of little Katelyn Selena Rivera Helton.

The 20-month-old child disappeared Aug. 10, 1999, after her father, Robert Rivera , snatched her from a babysitter's home.

The little girl was last seen around 7 p.m. with her father at the Sunoco Station at routes 1 and 100 in Chadds Ford.

Investigators and cadaver-sniffing dogs planned to search a one-quarter mile area near the Herr's Potato Chip property in Chester County.

The search area is about a half-hour's ride from the Sunoco station.

Rivera , 33, of Chichester Avenue in Upper Chichester's Boothwyn section, is facing first-degree murder charges and a possible death sentence in connection with the child's disappearance and apparent murder.

-- CINDY SCHARR

Yeadon bank robbed

YEADON – A man who claimed he had a bomb robbed the Sovereign Bank just after it opened for business yesterday.

The robber entered the bank at 115 Chester Avenue around 9:03 a.m., walked up to a teller and told her he had a bomb, according to Police Chief Donald Molineux. He demanded that the teller turn over the cash in her drawer.

She complied, and he left the bank with an undetermined amount of cash.

Police are investigating a tip that the bandit left in a Yellow Cab.

The suspect is described as a black male, between 28 and 32 years old, 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet tall, with a heavy build. He had a light beard and mustache and was wearing a long-sleeved orange Polo sport shirt with white bands on the sleeve and collar.

He was also wearing a white baseball cap.

No one was injured in the heist.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call Yeadon Police at (610) 623-1500.

The FBI is also investigating.

-- CINDY SCHARR

Two hurt in crash

MIDDLETOWN – A two-car crash in front of the Franklin Mint injured two people yesterday.

The accident happened at 11:55 a.m. at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Valley Road, according to state police.

The driver of a Chevy Blazer was traveling northbound on Baltimore Pike when he was cut off by the driver Honda Sports Utility vehicle trying to enter the Franklin Mint, police said.

Both men were transported to Riddle Memorial Hospital. Their names or conditions were not released.