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Lansdale Woman Wanted for Alleged Robbery, Assault of Man She Befriended at Bar

Brooke Beatrice Moats, 22, of Lansdale, allegedly assaulted a man in the backseat of Jennifer Quelly's car after the two met him at Panico's Grill in Lansdale in October.

A Lansdale woman has yet to turn herself in on charges of felony robbery, conspiracy, felony theft and additional offenses for the alleged robbery and assault of a man that she and her friend met at a Lansdale bar in October.
Brooke Beatrice Moats, 22, is charged by North Wales Borough Police with felony robbery by inflicting or threatening with immediate bodily injury, felony robbery by taking property by force, two counts of felony conspiracy to commit robbery, misdemeanor theft by unlawful taking, misdemeanor conspiracy to commit theft, misdemeanor simple assault, conspiracy to commit simple assault, false imprisonment, conspiracy of false imprisonment, and harassment, according to court records.
Moats' alleged accomplice in the Oct. 19 robbery and assault--Jennifer Lee Quelly, 26--has been already arraigned on the same charges in Whitpain District Court and released on her own recognizance, per court records.
Police said the alleged victim met Moats and Quelly at Panico's Grill and Sports Tavern in Lansdale in the early hours of Oct. 19. They then invited him to party in North Wales, and the man got into Quelly's car, sitting with Moats in the backseat, police said.
As they drove toward North Wales, there was a point when Quelly pulled over. Moats then allegedly took the $800 phone out of the hand of the alleged victim and demanded his money, police said.
The man had a large sum of money that he hid from Moats in his sock and instead gave her $85, police said. Moats then allegedly hit him in the face with the phone and another unknown object, police said.
The alleged victim tried to escape, but the car doors were locked, police said. At one point during the alleged assault, Quelly exclaimed that Moats was getting the man's blood all over her car, police said.
The rear door then suddenly came unlocked, and he escaped to a nearby Wawa, as Quelly allegedly sped away, police said. When the Wawa was discovered closed, the alleged victim headed to a friend's house, who drove him to Lansdale Hospital.
Police observed surveillance footage at Panico's and a bar employee identified Moats and Quelly in the footage, police said. Police were also told that the alleged victim tends to flaunt his money at Panico's, buying rounds for people and the like, police said.
Officers interviewed the women at Quelly's parents' home, and both told the same story and both said they did not know how the man was assaulted, police said. Quelly also consented to a search of her car, police said. Blood was found in the rear seat and on the ceiling, police said.
At one point, Moats allegedly stated that she was defending herself from a "pervert," police said, and "dropped her elbow" on him.
The alleged victim would later pick out Moats from a photo lineup as his alleged assaulter, police said.


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