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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh woman jailed in four recent store robberies told police she needed money for dog food and kitty litter. Police say 28-year-old Melissa Santoro wasn't especially successful, netting less than $300 in the heists. Police say a clerk at a Sunoco gas station robbed last month and again Tuesday night recognized Santoro when she came in to buy cigarettes. Police say she denied robbing the station, as well as a Rite Aid last month, also in the city, as well as Jet's Pizza in neighboring Dormont, also on Tuesday night. But police say after taking a lie detector test, Santoro confessed to all four robberies. She told them a gun she carried was just plastic, and that she needed money for her pets and to help her mother. She's jailed Friday and doesn't have an attorney.

Police: Suspect in 4 heists needed money for pet supplies