Disabled East Allen Township man bound and robbed, police say

Pennsylvania State Police arrested an Easton man Thursday after he allegedly bound and robbed a disabled East Allen Township man earlier in the week.

Mark Steven Smolow, 59, restrained an elderly man about 9:45 a.m. Monday at the man's home on the 7000 block of Versailles Square, police said. Smolow ransacked the home for valuables but was frightened off when a neighbor interrupted him, police said.

Police identified Smolow as a suspect and arrested him at their Bethlehem barracks Thursday. He is being held at Northampton County Prison in lieu of $200,000 bail on charges of robbery, burglary, theft, receiving stolen property, simple assault and false imprisonment.

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