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11/25/2009 9:32 AM

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Monongahela police are crediting numerous tips they received from the public with helping them identify the man believed to have robbed the Sunoco gasoline station and convenience store in Finleyville on Sunday night.

Police issued a warrant for the arrest of Joseph William Keillor, 23, who is believed to be from the Bethel Park area.

Monongahela Police Chief Brian Tempest said Wednesday his department distributed information and a surveillance photo of the robber to the media and got an immediate response.

“Our phone started ringing off the hook,” Tempest said. “I had one person who said, ‘I’m not 100 percent sure, I’m 110 percent sure i know who that person is.'”

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Police obtained the warrant for Keillor’s arrest late Tuesday and sent copies to the South Park and Bethel Park police departments after receiving information that he may be in the Library or Bethel Park area. Keillor has relatives in Library and Bethel Park police also recognized his photograph, Tempest said.

Keillor faces charges of robbery, aggravated assault, theft, reckless endangerment, simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment.

A man armed with a handgun entered the store just after 8 p.m. Sunday and took $450. He got into a green sedan that headed toward South Park on Route 88.

“I’d like to thank the news media and the public for their help in filing these charges,” said Tempest. “Hopefully can help us pick him up.”

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