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Man arrested after 'strong arm robbery' at Downtown Dollar General

A sign hangs above a Dollar General store
A sign hangs above a Dollar General store
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Police have made in arrest after what they call a "strong arm robbery" in Downtown Pittsburgh.

The Dollar General Express was robbed on March 31 in the 600 block of Wood Street.


Pittsburgh Police say the suspect, identified as 24-year-old Dimareja Edelen, paid for an item and them jumped over the counter.

He "tussled with the clerk, before stealing cash from the open register."

The employee was uninjured.

Edelen was taken to the Allegheny County Jail and faces robbery and theft by unlawful taking charges.