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Jail Visit Could Turn Into Extended Stay

When you're wanted for armed robbery, it's probably not a good idea to visit your alleged accomplice in jail.

York police admit catching David Ruppert, 21, was relatively easy when the suspect went to York County Prison to see Robert Haley, 18, who is also accused of holding up a woman making a night deposit at First Union Bank in York last October.

"I would assume that he found out that [Haley] was locked up and probably wanted to know if he told the cops about the robbery," Snell said. "Instead [Ruppert] got a ticket to the house also."

"We received a tip that, 'Oh by the way, he's down at your county prison making a visit to Robert Haley,'" said Snell. Police knew Ruppert was a suspect because they found his fingerprint on the getaway vehicle, and Haley had admitted that Ruppert was involved in the heist, Snell said.

Detectives notified police at the jail that their visitor was wanted for armed robbery, and they held him until investigators arrived.

"He was pretty surprised," Snell said.

Both men have been charged with robbery.