ALBEMARLE, N.C. — The Albemarle Police Department has arrested a man in connection with an armed robbery Thursday afternoon.
It occurred just after 3 p.m. at a tobacco and vape shop on Highway 52.
Police said 43-year-old Michael Daniel Cochrane flashed a gun to an employee in that business before leaving with an unknown amount of money.
Cochrane was eventually arrested following a brief chase.
He has been charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, fleeing in a motor vehicle to elude arrest, and larceny of a motor vehicle.
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