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KIRKWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — State police say two Pennsylvania men robbed an upstate New York gas station and might have gotten away if they'd remembered to do one thing — fuel up.
Troopers caught 29-year-old Lonnie Meckwood of Carbondale and 50-year-old Phillip Weeks of Tunkannock after their getaway car ran out of gas while the were trying to escape late Monday night.
They're accused of using a knife to rob a clerk at the Quickway Convenience Store in Kirkwood, 80 miles south of Syracuse near the New York-Pennsylvania border. The clerk wasn't hurt.
Police found the pair about a mile away. Their car was on the side of the road.
They're being held in the Broome County Jail without bail. Troopers didn't know if they have lawyers.
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Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
 
Joe Valley said...
A modern day Bonnie and Clyde, henna or no?
July 1, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Jeff said...
These two clowns should have a TV series...."The stupid ones." Duuuuuh.
July 1, 2009 at 2:59 PM
hank said...
Stupid is as stupid does
July 1, 2009 at 8:58 PM
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