By Associated Press - Thursday, May 11, 2017

BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) - Police say the suspect in a Home Depot theft in Pennsylvania escaped on the hood of a getaway car.

Officers are searching for 26-year-old Joseph Diperso, of Philadelphia, following Saturday’s theft in Bensalem.

Police say Diperso left the store, punched an off-duty Philadelphia police officer who confronted him and jumped on the hood of a blue Honda Accord driven by an accomplice.



Police identified Diperso based on previous retail thefts in neighboring towns.

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