Police: Robbers hit US gas station, ran out of gas

2009-07-01 20:31:08 -

KIRKWOOD, New York (AP) - 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 and 51-year-old Phillip Weeks 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 (130 kilometers) south of Syracuse. The clerk wasn't hurt.
Police found the pair about a mile (2 kilometers) 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.