Suspect arrested in Jefferson Hills accused of robbing Washington County gas station
A suspect was taken into custody in Jefferson Hills on Friday night.
According to police, local and state officers took the suspect, identified later as 42-year-old Thomas Terrill Spell, into custody at the Jefferson Hills Motel, on Route 51 near Lewis Run Road around 8:30 p.m.
According to Pennsylvania State Police, Spell walked into the Kwik Fill convenience store on state Route 136 in Eighty Four just before 3:30 p.m., acting like he was going to buy a drink, cigarettes and lottery tickets.
Police said the clerk turned his back to get the cigarettes and Spell walked behind the counter, ordering the clerk to open the drawer and remove the money.
Spell took the money, cigarettes and lottery tickets and left the gas station, getting into a car and driving off.
Police said they checked surveillance footage for a description and vehicle identification.
The car was later found at the Jefferson Hills Motel. Spell was inside one of the rooms and turned himself in, police said.
Spell is lodged in the Washington County Jail awaiting arraignment.
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