Four Charged in BP Gas Station Robbery Friday Afternoon

A Braddock woman is charged with conspiracy after guiding three men through a robbery of the BP gas station on South Braddock Avenue last Friday at 12:38 p.m., according to Swissvale Police Chief Greg Geppert.

As the manager was leaving the station to go to the bank, a man approached him, punched him, pushed him into a car and took a bank bag filled with about $7,000 in cash.

Ebony Hooper, 23, of Braddock was working at the station that day and had been texting three men involved to let them know when the station manager would be leaving with the money.

Adam Cloud, 18, of McKeesport, Raymone Ford, 18, of Swissvale and Joseph Phillips, 19, of North Braddock have been charged in the crime.

Phillips faces robbery and conspiracy charges while the other three suspects face conspiracy to commit robbery charges.

"We talked to the manager and searched the area," Geppert said. "We had reports they were on a couple different streets and their vehicle was observed by an unmarked unit. We recovered all the money and they were all arrested."