Channel 11 Exclusive: Victim of armed carjacking, attack speaks out after suspect is arrested

TARENTUM, Pa. — The victim of an armed carjacking is breathing a little easier after a suspect was taken into custody.

Channel 11 spoke with the victim, Robert Fry, after the arrest.

“Elated. Elated because he had my house keys. He knew my address. I don’t know what he was capable of,” Robert Fry told Channel 11.

Fry breathed a sigh of relief after police told him the man who carjacked him the morning after Christmas is finally in custody.

Officers charged Robert Harmon with aggravated assault and robbery of a motor vehicle. He is being held in jail on a $100,000 bond.

“People are safe. There’s worse people out there, but at least that’s one of them gone,” Fry said.

Channel 11 spoke to Fry shortly after he was attacked at the Marathon gas station in Tarentum. Police say Harmon tried to stab him at the gas pump, then stole his minivan.

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Fry fell to the ground, then got up, and and was injured as he tried to fight back.

“At first the pain wasn’t there becuase I was so worried about getting my car, stopping him. Once that all subsided, I pretty much collapsed,” he said.

Police never found his minivan, so his family is down one vehicle. Plus, because of injuries from the attack, he’s unable work.

“I’ve been starting therapy. I now have spinal stenosis from that injury. My ability to work now has pretty much been decimated,” he said.

Now, the medical expenses are adding up…

“My physical therapy is like $300, $400. I had to have an MRI on my back… that’s way over $6,000 or $7,000,” he added.

While the mounting bills are constantly on his mind, he wants to give some advice to Harmon, who is still sitting behind bars.

“If he ever gets his freedom back, don’t do this to anybody. Get help. If you have problems, talk to somebody… there’s no need to do that. If he had come up to me and ask me for a ride, I’d given him a ride,” Fry said.

If you’d like to help with Fry’s medical expenses, click here to access his GoFundMe.

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