SOUTH GREENSBURG MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH HEMPFIELD CONVENIENCE STORE ROBBERY

A South Greensburg man is charged in connection with a robbery on Tuesday at an area convenience store.  The Trib reports that state police were called out to the Par Mar store on Route 136 in Hempfield shortly after 1:00 PM.  A clerk said a man with a claw hammer jumped on the counter and demanded money, making off with $300 in cash and $20 in gas.  Employees told investigators the same man came into the store three times before the robbery and tried unsuccessfully to make purchases with different forms of card payments. Surveillance video showed he dropped one of those cards inside the store, and that dropped EBT card lead police to their suspect, 28-year-old Matthew Shashura.  Shashura is charged with robbery, theft, reckless endangerment and related offenses. He was being held in the Westmoreland County Prison after failing to post $100,000 bail.  A Dec. 30 preliminary hearing is scheduled.