A second teen has been charged in the 2015 robbery of a 7-Eleven customer.
Zachary Runion, 17, of Levittown, was charged last Friday as an adult for his involvement in the 2015 robbery of a 7-Eleven customer outside the store at the corner of Trenton and Oxford Valley roads in Falls Township in January 2015. Another teen, Cory Edmiston, then-17, was charged as an adult last year with being involved in the robbery that ended with a customer being robbed of $15 outside the store with a BB gun.
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Runion allegedly waited across the street and met with Edminston, his cousin, following the robbery. According to court documents, the two split the $15 and left the scene.
In a recent interview with Edmiston, Runion has been identified as helping plan the robbery and providing the weapon used, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Runion reportedly painted the BB gun’s tip black as to make it appear to be a real gun and admitted to being at the scene.
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Runion was arraigned with two felonies relating to robbery and conspiracy and misdemeanors relating to conspiracy, possession of an instrument of crime, theft and receiving stolen property.
The outcome of Edmiston’s case from last year was unclear as of press time.
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Runion is being held on 10 percent of $50,000.
His preliminary hearing has been scheduled for May 3 at 1:30 p.m. at Judge Jan Vislosky’s court.
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.
