Man arrested in Tuscaloosa food mart robbery

TUSCALOOSA, Al.

Michael Jonathan Weaver

Tuscaloosa police arrested a man they say robbed the Shell Food Mart at 4809 E. Skyland Boulevard Sunday morning.

Michael Jonathan Weaver, 25, was charged with first-degree robbery, according to a Tuscaloosa Police Department report.

Officers responded to a robbery call at the gas station at 10:58 a.m. The Shell cashier told police a man entered the store with something draped over his arm as if he were concealing a weapon. The man demanded money and left the store after receiving an unknown amount of cash, according to TPD spokesman Sgt. Brent Blankley.

Weaver was located by investigators at the Speedco at 3120 Buttermilk Road at 1 p.m. and taken into custody.

Investigators arrested Weaver after questioning him at the Tuscaloosa Police Department and transported him to the Tuscaloosa County Jail. Bond was set at $60,000.