Police Arrest Robbery Suspect

A South Redding sandwich shop was robbed last night and the alleged robber has been captured. At 8:45PM Redding Police were called to the Subway in the Westwood Village Shopping Center off of Highway 273. Regina Boyd said a man had come in brandishing a handgun and demanding money. He fled on foot with the cash. A perimeter was set up with the help of a CHP helicopter and a man matching the robbers description was soon spotted. When officers contacted him he took off running. The man was chased on foot and caught after jumping into the A.C.I.D. Canal and losing his pants. 43-year-old Richard Price Burger is on post release community supervision from a felony evading conviction. He was positively identified by witnesses and then booked into jail with no bail.

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