SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a violent robbery and have made an arrest.
Just after 9:30 a.m. Monday, police responded to a disturbance with a weapon call at a business in the 4000 block of South Laura in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson.
A 39-year-old female employee told police that a suspect later identified as 31-year-old Michael Sheppard, Jr., concealed items inside the store and exited without paying.
When she approached him, Sheppard pulled out a knife and threatened her. The employee was not injured.
Sheppard then fled the business in a silver Chevy Equinox that was reported stolen.
Investigators determined Sheppard was involved in the violent crime. An officer located Sheppard and the stolen vehicle Monday afternoon in the area of MacArthur and Laura. He was arrested without incident, and the vehicle was recovered.
Sheppard is being held on requested charges of aggravated assault, theft, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal deprivation of an automobile, and warrants, according to Davidson.