PRESS RELEASE

On August 14, 2026, at 2:30 pm, the Plymouth Township Police Department was contacted by the Raleigh, North Carolina Police Department regarding a homicide suspect, identified as Rickey Andra Harper. Detectives in North Carolina provided intelligence that Harper was currently in the area of the Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 651 Fountain Road, Plymouth Township, possibly operating a white Chevrolet Astro van displaying a North Carolina registration. Detectives conducted surveillance in the area of the hotel and surrounding businesses, ultimately locating Harper’s vehicle parked at the Plymouth Meeting Mall. 

Harper was observed walking from the Plymouth Meeting Mall to his van. Detectives confronted Harper in the parking lot and attempted to take him into custody. Harper immediately became confrontational with Detectives, refusing to surrender and show his hands, keeping his right hand in his pants pocket. As Detectives continued to attempt to de-escalate the encounter, Harper yelled and encouraged Detectives to shoot him. After a brief stand-off as Harper and Detectives moved through the parking lot, Harper fled on foot, running back towards his van. He was ultimately taken into custody.

Harper was arraigned as a fugitive from justice and remanded to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility without bail.  He is awaiting an extradition hearing at the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. 

The incident remains under investigation by the Raleigh, North Carolina Police Department. A link to the Raleigh Police Department’s Press Release from this incident is below:

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NCRALEIGH/bulletins/42507a6