The Herald, Sharon, PA Published Thursday, June 26, 2003

Beer shop armed robberies may be connected, cops say

By Sherris Moreira-Byers

Herald Staff Writer

A gunman robbed Brewmeister Distributors on Irishtown Road in Pine Township Monday evening, state police said. The robbery may be related to another Feb. 1 at a Grove City distributor, borough Police Chief Dean Osborne said.

"There's been a lot of these around the surrounding areas. One of our officers went for a meeting about it. It's definitely a possibility that they're related," Osborne said.

According to state police, a man walked in to Brewmeister at 8:55 p.m. Monday wearing a ski mask and holding a handgun and ordered distributor owner John Woods to get down on the floor. He took Woods' wallet, then walked Woods to the cooler and closed the door. The robber then stole money from the office and cash register and drove away. He was traveling north on Irishtown Road, police said.



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