MUDDY CREEK TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police in Butler County have arrested a man in connection with a robbery Saturday night at a Muddy Creek Township store.
Shawn Aaron Hobel is accused of robbing the Last Minit Mart on Route 19 at about 10 p.m.
Hobel was seen fleeing the store in a 1988 multi-colored pickup truck with Pennsylvania license plateYYG-43-55, state police said.
According to police reports after the robbery at the convenience store, Hobel tried to rob Druckers General Store around 12:30 a.m.
Hobel was arrested after a short foot chase by state police in New Castle, investigators said.
He was taken back to Butler County and is facing a number of charges including robbery, attempted robbery and making terroristic threats.
He's currently in the Butler County Jail on a $200,000. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 3.
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