NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Police have charged an Awendaw man in connection with a Saturday night armed robbery at a North Charleston gas station.

Antonio Brown, 39, is charged with armed robbery with a deadly weapon and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, police say.

Police responded to the Exxon on Dorchester Road just before 8 p.m. where the robbery had been reported. The store employee told officers the robber kept a hand in his pocket, leading her to believe he was armed with a gun.

Security footage provided clear images of both the robber and the vehicle involved, police said.

An officer spotted the vehicle in the area of Rivers and Helm Avenues and conducted a traffic stop. They identified Brown as the driver of that vehicle.

He was being held at the Al Cann

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