Turtle Creek man indicted on charges he robbed 7 businesses over a year
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A Turtle Creek man already charged with shooting a Monroeville police officer multiple times in January was indicted in federal court on Tuesday, charged with robbing seven businesses at gunpoint over the course of a year.
Jamal Brooks, 32, is named in an 18-count indictment handed up in U.S. District Court Tuesday. The charges include robbery, brandishing a firearm, and two counts of carjacking.
Brooks has been held in Allegheny County Jail since Jan. 5, when he was charged with shooting a Monroeville police sergeant who attempted to pull him over because he was suspected of robbing the Crumbl cookies shop in the 4100 bock of William Penn Highway.
The officer was shot in the arm and buttocks. Police said Brooks fired at least 16 times.
He is scheduled for trial in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court in that case on Jan. 8.
The federal indictment lists charges dating back to Jan. 3, 2023, when investigators said Brooks robbed an Eat ’n Park on Monroeville Boulevard and stole a 2019 Chevy Malibu.
He is charged with robbing the same Eat ’n Park on June 11, 2023.
Then, according to the indictment, on Oct. 31, 2023, Brooks robbed the Penn Station East Coast Subs location on Centre Avenue, as well as Mercedes-Benz of Pittsburgh on Baum Boulevard. At the car dealership, investigators said Brooks stole key fobs and a 2021 Model E450 coupe.
The indictment alleges that Brooks, who has a lengthy criminal history, robbed Chipotle on Freeport Road on Nov 12 and stole a 2015 Audi Allroad station wagon the same day, and then robbed an Eat ‘n Park on Manor Park Drive in Robinson the next day.
The Crumbl cookie robbery is included in the federal case, as well.