Two suspects are in custody after police said they went on a crime spree in an attempt to rob multiple gas stations in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties on July 9.
Rostraver Township police said officers were called to the Marathon gas station along Route 51 shortly after midnight, where they found the clerk hiding in the kitchen of a business connected to the gas station. Police said the clerk reported two men, wearing masks, demanded money from the register, and one was armed with a machete.
“The first suspect to enter the building had on what could best be described as a demon clown mask. It was a clown, but it’s an evil version of a clown. He actually had a machete with him. The second suspect that came in had his face concealed with a bright pink ski mask,” Rostraver Township Police Department detective Christopher Tretter said…