Saifuddin Hasan, Armed Robbery, Pennsylvania 2021

A spate of violence along the Route 1 Corridor in Philadelphia has led to the indictment of Saifuddin Hasan, 21, of Philadelphia, PA, for three counts of Hobbs Act Robbery.

According to the Indictment, Hasan committed armed robberies at a 7-Eleven convenience store on City Avenue in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, a Lukoil gas station on City Avenue, and a 7-Eleven convenience store at Wyoming and Rising Sun Avenues in the Hunting Park section of North Philadelphia, all on the night of December 5, 2021.

‘As alleged, this defendant brandished a firearm in the faces of convenience store and gas station employees simply doing their jobs,’ said U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero. ‘The charges in this Indictment demonstrate that our Office is committed to investigating and prosecuting violent crime.’

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program that brings together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

The case was investigated and charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Philadelphia Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael R. Miller and Special Assistant United States Attorney Shannon Zabel.

The Indictment alleges that Hasan entered a 7-Eleven convenience store on City Avenue in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, and brandished a firearm as he committed his first robbery. He then drove eastbound to a Lukoil gas station on City Avenue and committed his second armed robbery. The defendant capped off his night of violence by continuing in his vehicle eastbound on Route 1 into the Hunting Park section of North Philadelphia and allegedly committed an armed robbery of a 7-Eleven convenience store at Wyoming and Rising Sun Avenues.

Philadelphia police officers pursued and arrested Hasan after this third armed robbery.

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