Hobo Pantry robber trys to get away on bicycle, apprehended by alert Patrolman

Wesley Ray Cole Jr., white male, 33 years of age, of Headland, Alabama was arrested and charged with First Degree Robbery with a $250,000 bond.
 

The Dothan Police Department responded to an at Hobo Pantry, 2409 Reeves Street at 3:15 this morning. The clerk told dispatch a white male rode up on a bicycle and had his shirt up over his face and one hand under his shirt disguising it as a gun. He entered and stated that this was a stick up. The clerk immediately grabbed the phone and called 911. The suspect attempted to grab the phone but was unable to and fled on a bicycle. The clerk told dispatch the suspect was traveling on his bicycle down Murray Road where an alert patrolman apprehended the suspect.

The suspect was transported to the police department where he denied being in the store. Investigators confronted him with information dispatch received minutes before this robbery that a white male with the same description was witnessed at the Hobo Pantry located at 3090 Denton Road. Clerks from that location told dispatch a white male approached the front door with his shirt over his face. He looked in the door and saw customers inside after which he fled on a bicycle towards Murray Road. The suspect denied any such actions at this store as well. Investigators say this case will remain open and additional charges may be pending.