Final Defendant Sentenced In Feasterville Comic Book Store Robbery
by Alex Lloyd Gross
Caleb James-Lorenze Simpson, 36, of Clarklake, Michigan, is going to spend the next 10 1/2 to 25 years in state prison in Pennsylvania, after he entered a guilty plea for robbing the Comic Collection bookstore on Bustleton Pike , in Feasterville in 2022.
The violent attack was caught on security cameras. Simpson was with his co defendant Zackery Maximus Tucker, 23, of Quincy, Michigan, when they came to Feasterville to rob the store.That was their entire reason for being in PA.
Tucker will be a guest of the state for the next five to 10 years after he was sentenced several months ago. Both were truck drivers.
At Tucker’s sentencing in March, the owner of the Comic Collection Store, located at 83 Bustleton Pike, Feasterville, David Schwartz, shared a statement detailing the profound impact of the attack on his life and his sense of security. Schwartz, who had owned the store since 1985, described the brutal robbery on September 18, 2022, where he was violently assaulted and tied up by Simpson and Tucker.
Evidence presented by First Assistant District Attorney Edward M. Louka included store surveillance footage showing the two masked men, later identified as Simpson and Tucker, entering the store. The footage captured Simpson knocking Schwartz off a ladder, followed by both men beating and zip-tying him.
Simpson was also shown punching the victim with brass knuckles and threatening him with a knife. The robbers stole a laptop, the victim’s keys, cash, comic books, Pokémon cards, action figures, and other store merchandise. Schwartz suffered significant injuries, including numerous contusions, lacerations, broken teeth, and broken ribs.
The two thieves were caught by DNA and when they abandoned some of their clothes. One also bragged about the robbery to an acquaintance. That person saw an article online and that tip help authorities zero in on Tucker and Simpson. Simpson will also have to pay back over $20,000 in restitution