2 Ohio men held in western, Pa. grocery robbery

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Two Ohio man have been jailed on charges they robbed a western Pennsylvania grocery store, after subduing one clerk with a choke hold and tying up that clerk and another one.

Twenty-five-year-old Michael Burkhart, and 23-year-old Christopher Stone, both of Zanesville, Ohio, remain in the Westmoreland County Jail today.

State police say they robbed Beatty Market on Route 30 in Unity township about 1:20 p.m. Sunday.

Police say they forced one store clerk into the bathroom using a choke hold and grabbed a second clerk who arrived to begin his shift. The suspects allegedly used phone cords to tie up both clerks before stealing about $1,800.

Police arrested the suspects after finding the first clerk’s stolen vehicle nearby.