Police use distinctive clothes, car to ID suspect in Harrison Sheetz robbery

A distinct pair of Puma sweatpants has helped Harrison police identify the suspect of a January armed robbery at Sheetz.

Officers were called to the Freeport Road convenience store about 4:20 a.m. Jan. 31 after a man demanded money from a clerk and showed what appeared to be a weapon in his waistband.

“He got the money, got in his car and fled up north,” Chief Mike Klein said.

Police issued a warrant for Richard Vogan, 40, of Pulaski, which is about an hour away in Lawrence County.

He will be charged with robbery, theft and receiving stolen property.

According to a criminal complaint filed with District Judge Carolyn Bengel’s office, Vogan, dressed in all black, walked into Sheetz and demanded cash.

“He lifted his hoodie, and the clerk saw what appeared to be the silver barrel of a weapon,” Klein said.

Vogan got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Officers reviewed traffic cameras and found that Vogan arrived at the Sheetz parking lot about two hours before he robbed the store.

They described Vogan’s vehicle as having black rims and a distinctive circular white sticker in the back rear window.

When he entered the store, Vogan was wearing a black hoodie, camouflage face covering, black gloves and pants with a camo stripe down the center of the pant legs, police said.

They noticed a white Puma logo on the front of the pants.

Police were able to match Vogan’s vehicle to one that traveled through Harrison toward Brackenridge the day before the incident and found that Vogan was also at Sheetz on Jan. 30, driving the same vehicle and wearing the same Puma pants, police said. The car and clothing helped police positively identify Vogan.