A Falls Township man was arrested and charged with attempting to rob a convenience store.
Nicolas Lyons, 20, was arraigned Saturday at noon by District Judge Gary Gamberdella on a single felony charge of robbery. He was sent to Bucks County prison on 10 percent of $75,000 bail.
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Officers were called to the 7-Eleven at the corner of Trenton and Oxford Valley roads around 9:25 p.m. Friday night for a report of a robbery in progress.
Upon arrival, police spoke with witnesses and discovered the incident was an attempted robbery.
Officer James Moratti got the lead that cracked the case wide open.
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A witness told police she saw a woman she went to high school with outside the 7-Eleven speaking to the man described by other witnesses as the suspect. The woman said she recognized the man as the woman’s boyfriend, which she knew from the woman’s Facebook account.
A search of Facebook showed the woman’s boyfriend – Lyons – matched the description of the robbery suspect, police wrote in court papers. A check of records showed Lyons was living in the 200 block of Chelsea Road.
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Officers arrived to the Chelsea Road residence around midnight and spoke with Lyons’ girlfriend. She reportedly admitted the two had gone to the 7-Eleven together but denied knowledge of Lyons’ intentions to rob the store. She said he arrived back at the Chelsea Road home a short time after she did and left a short time later, according to court papers.
Police officers arrested Lyons early Saturday morning when he returned to the house.
District Judge Joanne Kline signed a search warrant for the house around 9 a.m.
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Police said they found clothing items matching what the robbery suspect wore in the house along with items usually associated with heroin use.
No one was injured in the attempted robbery.
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Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
