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Bolton Firefighter Charged With Robbing Lancaster Gas Station At Gunpoint

LANCASTER (CBS) – A Bolton firefighter has been arrested and charged with robbing a Lancaster gas station at gunpoint.

Police said Michael Sowa, a Bolton firefighter and Clinton resident, was arrested and charged with masked armed robbery, larceny, and assault with a dangerous weapon.

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Michael Sowa. (Image Credit: Lancaster Police Department)

The charges stem from an April 5 robbery that took place at the Sunoco Gas Station in Lancaster.

Security footage from inside the Sunoco station shows a masked man come into the store and point a gun at the clerk, ordering him behind the counter.

The suspect takes a handful of cash and leaves the store.

Lancaster police said Sowa is also charged with armed robbery in Marlboro. Police added that Sowa is being held on high bail.

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