A man has been arrested and charged after he was caught running off from a Chinese grocery that he had just robbed. At around 8 last night police responded to reports of a robbery in progress at Tang's Store on Vasquez Avenue in King's Park. Police arrested a man who was running from the store.
Proprietor, 29-year-old Zan Chee Chen told police that he was inside when a man entered, pointed a handgun at him and demanded money. That's when another man came and scooped up $600 in cash, $300 in coins and $1,500 in phone cards.
The man police nabbed is 22-year-old Jion Bernard and he was toting a bag containing 65 phone cards, $158 in coins as well as an imitation firearm. He has been charged with robbery and handling stolen goods.
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