Males Convicted Of Murder Of NE Gas Station Attendant and Other Robberies In Federal Court
by Alex Lloyd Gross
Chihean Jones, aka “Cha,” 40, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will be spending the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted in Federal Court of the murder of a gas station attendant on Torresdale Ave. in January 2023. Jones was also convicted of two different robberies in the city.
Jones was convicted for the Hobbs Act robbery of a cellphone store in August 2022 on the 100 block of E.Olney Ave. He drove two accomplices to the store and while he waited in the vehicle, the two robbers force3d their way intoa back room and stole multiple cellphones.
In January 2023, Jones drove to a gas station on the 7100 block of Torresdale Ave. Authorities said that they planned to wait for the gas station attendant to leave the store to smoke a cigarette, at which point the defendant would approach with his .45-caliber pistol. The two men accompanying Jones would zip tie the attendant and force him back into the station to open the safe.
When the attendant failed to exit, however, the group sent the defendant’s girlfriend into the store to see what was happening and to determine if the men could kick in the door to the register area. After she reported back, the three men entered the store. Immediately upon entering, Jones pushed his pistol under the protective glass and shot the attendant in the back as the attendant tried to run away. Jones and the two men ransacked the store and stole the attendant’s wallet as he lay dying on the floor.
Jones will get sentenced March 26, 2026 where he is expected to get a life sentence.