Herminie man charged with gas station robbery

A 20-year-old Herminie man was arraigned Thursday on multiple charges of robbing a gas station-convenience store in Sewickley Township where he used to work.

Timothy J. Mozgawa fled with about $500 from the Sunoco station at 3331 Clay Pike St. at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, state police Trooper Shane McClelland said.

McClelland reported in court documents that Mozgawa confessed to the robbery to troopers about two hours afterward when he was questioned at his home.

“(Mozgawa) made a statement he made a mistake do to him having a debt owed to someone,” McClelland said in court documents.

Mozgawa wore a camouflage face mask when he robbed the store and threatened the clerk with a pellet handgun before fleeing, McClelland said. Mozgawa told the trooper that he sat in some woods for about an hour contemplating committing the robbery before he entered the store.

He was arraigned on charges of robbery and receiving stolen property before Derry District Judge Mark Bilik who ordered him held in the county prison after he failed to post $25,000 bond. A preliminary hearing will be scheduled before Rostraver District Judge Charles Christner.