[angelicpower]

KIRKWOOD, N.Y. – State police in New York say two Pennsylvania men robbed a gas station and might have gotten away if they had also fueled up. Troopers said they caught 29-year-old Lonnie Meckwood, of Carbondale, and 51-year-old Phillip Weeks, of Tunkhannock, 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, near the New York-Pennsylvania border about 80 miles south of Syracuse. 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 don't know if they have lawyers.

[MarQD.]

moral of the story.... if you're looking to make a clean getaway fill up your damn tank!

[SunShonKC]

PROOF of how dumb criminals are....SMH & *dead* @ "found the pair ABOUT a mile away.".......they could have pushed the car and coasted that far

[angelicpower]

Originally Posted by MarQD.

moral of the story.... if you're looking to make a clean getaway fill up your damn tank!

lol that's what I was thinking. Take at least a few bucks and put some gas in before you go in to rob the place. Gonna get your money back.

[Mr.H]

like shooting ur pistol and not loading bullets... dumb...