Content about BP station

01.08.12

A clerk at the BP gas station on Route 65 in Avalon was held at knifepoint during a robbery on Dec. 23.

Police say the man -- described as a black male with a thin build -- demanded money from the cash register, then threw a dollar on the counter -- apparently in payment for a candy bar -- before running out of the station and south on Route 65.

04.30.10

Domestics lead to felony arrests

Two men face felony charges in separate domestic-related incidents handled this past week by Ohio Township Police.

Police say that Jaryd Boyer, 27, of Glenfield, grabbed the steering wheel of a car driven by his girlfriend while they were traveling on Route 65 in Emsworth on Tuesday. He was apprehended at the BP station after struggling with police and hitting an officer. Boyer faces charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and resisting arrest.

03.26.10

Avalon Police News

A Pittsburgh man exemplified the adage about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Thomas Chieffalo Jr., 41, happened to be pulling out of the BP station on Route 65 just as police arrived in response to a hold-up alarm, which turned out to have been accidentally set off by an employee. Police, however, stopped Chieffalo’s vehicle, and discovered that he was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant. Chieffalo went to the Allegheny County Jail, and his vehicle was towed, following the March 23 incident.