06/10/2026
On 6/5/2026 at 10pm, a female resident was robbed at knife-point and kidnapped while putting her trash cans out and getting items out of her car. The defendant, Michael Charles Gordon, held the victim at knife point while she searched for money in her car to give him. She was then forced into her apartment where he took her cash and ATM card. He forced her into her car, where he made her drive to an ATM at Santander bank in the Flourtown Shopping Center. For the next 2 hours he held the victim captive while he made her go to Philadelphia so he could purchase drugs. Gordon made the victim take him to where his car was parked, but police had towed it due to a parking complaint prior to their arrival. The victim was forced to take Gordon to the Willow Grove area of Abington Township before he finally got out of the car. Gordon caused the victim to fear reporting the incident to authorities. Springfield Detectives were notified on 6/8/2026 after a victim advocate brought her into the station. Within 24 hours, two search warrants and an arrest warrant were executed by Springfield Township Detectives, with the assistance of the Abington Township Police Department SWAT team and Detectives. Michael Charles Gordon was taken into custody and was transported to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, charged with Robbery, Kidnapping, Burglary, Theft, and related offenses. He was arraigned before the on-call judge and bail was denied. At the time of this offense, Gordon was out on bail awaiting sentencing for several robberies that occurred last year.
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