{"id":121776,"date":"2026-02-24T02:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121776\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T02:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:51:25","slug":"pittsburgh-man-arrested-on-charges-connected-to-armed-robbery-at-bloomfield-bar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121776\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh man arrested on charges connected to armed robbery at Bloomfield bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ec44216211c498436304a6b3e5e812c9.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Pittsburgh man is behind bars after he was arrested on charges connected to a robbery at a bar in Bloomfield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Karl Hough, 61, was arrested on Saturday after police say he robbed Sonny\u2019s Tavern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police were called to the business on the 600 block of South Millvale Avenue at 10 a.m. on Thursday for reports of an armed robbery with two victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/employee-injured-after-armed-robbery-bar-pittsburghs-bloomfield-neighborhood\/GUNAOVE7WJDHVEOJBKLRZDH7XQ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Employee injured after armed robbery at bar in Pittsburgh\u2019s Bloomfield neighborhood;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Employee injured after armed robbery at bar in Pittsburgh\u2019s Bloomfield neighborhood<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a criminal complaint, one of the victims had visible wounds on their head and cheek from being whipped with a gun. That person told police they were sitting in the establishment when Karl Hough and another man came inside and demanded money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victim recognized Hough because he was a frequent customer, police say. That person also said Hough pointed a gun at them and that the second man hit them with a gun. Police said the second man moved between this victim and another employee and continuously pointed a weapon at them while Hough took money from the safes. The victims also had a phone, credit cards, a wallet, keys and $230 in cash stolen from them. The robbers were unable to get into the register and appeared to give up and leave. Police estimate $6,300 were taken from the safes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said the victims both mentioned that Hough had slurred and distinctive speech that made him recognizable during the incident. Police said Hough was also identified through a photo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Court documents say Hough is being held at the Allegheny County Jail on felony counts of aggravated assault, robbery, theft by unlawful taking, firearms not to be carried without a license and conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There is currently no word on the second suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Pittsburgh man is behind bars after he was arrested on charges connected to a robbery at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8447,57287,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-121776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-armed-robbery","tag-karl-hough","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}