More than a year after a gas station in Westmoreland County was robbed, DNA evidence helped crack the case.

According to information from Westmoreland CrimeWatch, three men are now charged in connection with an armed robbery at a gas station in Monessen.

James Foster, Quran Overton, and Anthony Powell are all now facing charges for allegedly robbing the Sunoco on Eastgate Avenue in August 2024. Monsessen Police responded to the robbery last year after an employee said that he was robbed at gunpoint by two men dressed in all black and wearing ski masks.

After watching the surveillance video, police saw a silver Cadillac pull up to the gas station, two men got out, one of them holding a long gun, and entered the station.

They then demanded the employee ot the ground and grabbed cash from

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