SEDGWICK COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities are investigating a robbery and have made an arrest.
Just before 10a.m. Friday a.m., police responded to a robbery in progress at the Popeyes located in the 1200 block of North Broadway, according to officer Kevin Wheeler.
Officers received information that a male suspect later identified as 23-year-old Michael Valentine attempted to rob the business, but was unsuccessful and left on foot.
Responding officers located Valentine in the parking lot of a nearby restaurant and arrested him without further incident.
The investigation revealed that Valentine entered the business armed with a toy gun and demanded cash from employees. The employees refused to give Valentine money, and he left the restaurant. As he left, he brandished a knife and threatened a 41-year-old male employee. There was no loss to the business, and no one was injured, according to Wheeler.
Valentine remains jailed on a $50,000 bond, according to online jail records.