Crime & Safety
Man Robbed Subway at Gunpoint, Police Say
Jesse D. Adkins is charged with robbing a North County Subway restaurant at gunpoint on March 18.
A North County man is accused of holding up a restaurant on Parker Road in North County.
Jesse D. Adkins, 18, of the 6700 block of Culpepper Court in North County just east of Black Jack, was charged Monday with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action.
St. Louis County Police said Adkins went into a Subway restaurant at 6805 Parker Road at 11:25 a.m. March 18 and told the clerk not to make any false moves. He pulled out a silver handgun and pointed it at the worker, according to a court document.
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Adkins told the worker to put cash into a bag that contained some cookies and left with about $300, police said.
Police said Adkins was identified as the robber.
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Adkins is being held in the St. Louis County Justice Center. Bail was set at $50,000.
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