North Strabane Robbery Suspect Arrested

Authorities say one person has been jailed for allegedly robbing the Marathon Convenience store on Racetrack Road in North Strabane Township early Friday morning.  According to reports, police arrested 33-year-old Randall Bell.  They say he brandished pepper spray and demanded money from the clerk, but the clerk refused and Bell reportedly fled the scene in a vehicle.  Authorities say the vehicle turned out to have been stolen from the city of Washington.  He was later apprehended at the BP Gas Station on West Chestnut Street in North Franklin Township.  Bell has not yet been charged, but is being held in the Washington County Jail on a  probation violation. Court records show he pleaded guilty in December to a retail theft charge and was given two years probation.