Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Four Suspects On Loose After Strong-Arm Gas Station Robbery In Westchester Four Suspects On Loose After Strong-Arm Gas Station Robbery In Westchester
Four Suspects On Loose After Strong-Arm Gas Station Robbery In Westchester Four men are wanted by investigators in Westchester County after threatening to kill a gas station clerk during an armed robbery overnight, police said. Shortly before 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, officers from the New Rochelle Police Department responded to Sunoco on Huguenot Street, where there was a report of an armed robbery. New Rochelle Police Capt. Cosmo Costa said that the investigation into the robbery determined that four African American men entered the Sunoco store, walked behind the counter and demanded money from an employee. Costa said that one of the four men then poin…

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by Zak Failla
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor IDs Shooting Victim, 25, Killed At Trenton Gas Station; 20-Year-Old Shot In Face Prosecutor IDs Shooting Victim, 25, Killed At Trenton Gas Station; 20-Year-Old Shot In Face
Prosecutor IDs Shooting Victim, 25, Killed At Trenton Gas Station; 20-Year-Old Shot In Face UPDATED: A 25-year-old man from Mercer County died early Tuesday from gunshot wounds, authorities said. A second person was shot in the face at a Sunoco gas station and remains hospitalized in critical condition after the multiple shooting in Trenton, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. The two men were blasted by gunfire about 6:30 p.m. at 110 Sanhican Drive, police said. Both victims were taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where one was pronounced dead a few hours later, they said. The deceased victim was identified as Khalil Gibbs, 25, of Wes…

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by Jon Craig
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island Teen Trio Nabbed In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say Long Island Teen Trio Nabbed In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say
Long Island Teen Trio Nabbed In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say Three Long Island teens were arrested after a man noticed them allegedly driving his stolen vehicle. The incident took place around 11:10 p.m., Friday, Feb. 12, on the Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, a 37-year-old man was driving eastbound on Hempstead Turnpike near the intersection of Stone Street when he noticed a 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe pulling into a Sunoco gas station.  The man believed the vehicle was the same one that he had previously reported stolen. The victim pulled into the gas station and confronted the driver of the veh…

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by Kathy Reakes
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
Police: Allentown Pair Nabbed In Dual Gas Station, Grocery Store Robberies Police: Allentown Pair Nabbed In Dual Gas Station, Grocery Store Robberies
Police: Allentown Pair Nabbed In Dual Gas Station, Grocery Store Robberies Police in Allentown have arrested two people they say were involved in back-to-back robberies at a local gas station and grocery store. Carmelo Pardo, 37, and Iris Rodriguez, 43, are accused of committing a robbery at Sunoco on South 4th Street in Allentown around 5 a.m. on Jan. 28, police said. The two then carried out a robbery at Jayden Grocery Store on South 8th Street around 8 a.m. the next day, police said. A follow-up investigation identified Pardo and Rodriguez as the suspects, police said. Both were arrested and charged with burglary, criminal conspiracy and theft. Pardo faces tw…

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by Valerie Musson
Greenwich, CT
News
High-Speed Pursuit In Fairfield County Ends With Driver's Arrest, Police Say High-Speed Pursuit In Fairfield County Ends With Driver's Arrest, Police Say
High-Speed Pursuit In Fairfield County Ends With Driver's Arrest, Police Say A Long Island man was arrested in Fairfield County after taking engaging the police in a high-speed pursuit. Nassau County resident Jax Bateau, age 22, of Elmont, was arrested on Monday, Jan. 18, after Greenwich Police officers spotted a car speeding on Sound Beach Avenue around 2:40 a.m., said Captain Mark E. Zuccerella.  The vehicle then pulled into the Sunoco gas station on Arcadia Road but quickly left after seeing the police officers and fled south on Park Avenue at a high rate of speed, and ran a red light at the intersection of Park Avenue and Lockwood Avenue, Zuccerel…

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by Kathy Reakes
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Police Seek Man Who Robbed Sunoco Station Wrapped In Vanilla-Scented Trash Bags Police Seek Man Who Robbed Sunoco Station Wrapped In Vanilla-Scented Trash Bags
Police Seek Man Who Robbed Sunoco Station Wrapped In Vanilla-Scented Trash Bags Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help identifying a man who they say wrapped himself in "vanilla-scented" white garbage bags while he robbed a local Sunoco gas station early Friday morning. The man forced a clerk into the restroom and demanded Newport cigarettes and an unknown amount of cash, Lower Southampton Township police said. Police describe the suspect as 5'8" to 5'9" tall, large build, wearing black glasses, a gray face mask, gray gloves. and an olive green winter coat in addition to the trash bags also over his shoes. The robber was last seen exiting the store…

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by Nicole Acosta
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Trio Nabbed For Long Island Gas Station Robberies Trio Nabbed For Long Island Gas Station Robberies
Trio Nabbed For Long Island Gas Station Robberies Three men who allegedly robbed two Long Island gas stations on Christmas Day have been apprehended, police announced. Devonte Burgess and Shaquawn Humphrey, both of Wyandanch, entered the Shell gas station, located at 170 Bay Shore Road in North Babylon at approximately 10:40 a.m. Friday, Dec. 25, Suffolk County Police said. One of the suspects displayed a knife and demanded cigarettes and cash, according to police. The employee complied with their demands.  A third man, Fleeton Allen, 53, of Huntington Station, waited in a red Dodge minivan, according to police. Burg…

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by Joe Lombardi
Massapequa, NY
News
Long Island Gas Station Owner Accused Of Exploiting Workers, Threatening Retaliation Long Island Gas Station Owner Accused Of Exploiting Workers, Threatening Retaliation
Long Island Gas Station Owner Accused Of Exploiting Workers, Threatening Retaliation A Long Island gas station owner is facing charges for allegedly exploiting employees and threatening to alert immigration authorities about their illegal status to keep them from reporting him, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office announced. West Hempstead resident Jernail Singh, the owner of MH One Enterprises, which operates the Sunoco gas station on Suffolk Avenue in Brentwood, was arrested this week for a series of alleged violations of labor laws. Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini said that Singh repeatedly violated state labor laws that include contacting or threateni…

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by Zak Failla
Springfield, MA
News
AAA Forecasts Fall Gas Prices - Where To Get The Lowest-Price Gas Now AAA Forecasts Fall Gas Prices - Where To Get The Lowest-Price Gas Now
AAA Forecasts Fall Gas Prices - Where To Get The Lowest-Price Gas Now With fewer people traveling due to COVID-19 restrictions, the price of gas has dropped to under $2 per gallon at gas stations across Central and Western Massachusetts. On average, national gas prices are 50 cents less than they were at this time last year, according to AAA.  And the national auto club expects this downward trend to continue through the fall. Further decreases are predicted despite people planning to travel more for fun this season, AAA said, because of the major decline in commuting to work and school brought on by COVID-19.  “As demand remains low,” AAA said in …

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by Kristin Palpini
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Police Investigating Armed Robbery Of Gas Station In Northern Westchester Police Investigating Armed Robbery Of Gas Station In Northern Westchester
Police Investigating Armed Robbery Of Gas Station In Northern Westchester Police are investigating an armed robbery of a Northern Westchester gas station by a man armed with a handgun. The incident took place around 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 31, in Peekskill at the Sunoco at 980 Washington St., when the man, wearing a mask, entered the store and demanded cash from the lone employee, said Peekskill Police Lt. Jack Galusha. The clerk turned over an undetermined amount of cash and the man fled the store in an unknown direction. No one was injured during the robbery and no arrest have been made. Galusha said the incident remains under investigation.

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by Kathy Reakes
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods
Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods A Paterson man was drunk when he swerved off Route 23 and hit a car parked car at a gas station, causing both vehicles to end up in the woods, authorities said. Jonathan Torres, 32, was driving a gray Hyundai on Route 23 S. when he veered left, struck the center divider and swerved into a white Chevrolet parked at a Sunoco gas station in Pompton Plains around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Pequannock Township police said. Both vehicles ended up in the wooded area near the gas station as a result of the crash, authorities said. Torres was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson with non-life…

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by Valerie Musson
Middletown, NJ
News
7-Eleven Store, Gas Station Planned For Long-Vacant Hazlet Property 7-Eleven Store, Gas Station Planned For Long-Vacant Hazlet Property
7-Eleven Store, Gas Station Planned For Long-Vacant Hazlet Property A long-abandoned property in Monmouth County is eyed for redevelopment along Route 36, officials said.  A site plan to build a new 7-Eleven convenience store and six adjoining gasoline pumps is set to be considered by the Hazlet Land Use Board on Thursday evening. The new business would open on a 37,693-square-foot lot formerly occupied by a Sunoco gas station at the intersection of Route 36 and Laurel Avenue. The board meeting begins at 7 p.m. on Oct. 1.  The developer, New Horizon Properties LLC of Marlboro, proposes a 3,010-square-foot store with six gas pumps that could fuel…

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by Jon Craig