Santa Rosa robbery suspect threatens staff with sword before fleeing with booze
A sword was found in possession of a robbery suspect in Santa Rosa on Monday. (Santa Rosa PD)
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A Santa Rosa robbery suspect was arrested Monday after allegedly threatening a restaurant employee with a sword.
Around 1:50 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to a restaurant in the 500 block of Fourth Street on a report of an attempted stabbing.
According to an employee at the scene, an unidentified man came out of a restroom and brandished a sword.
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The employee ran and hid, while the suspect allegedly stole an alcoholic beverage from a cooler and then left the business.
No one was physically injured.
About 12:15 a.m. Monday, police pulled someone over on a traffic stop in the 100 block of College Avenue when they noticed a man yelling and causing a disturbance.
He was wearing the same clothes as the suspect from the restaurant and officers detained him.
The detained man was identified as Shane Hulbert, a 29-year-old transient from Santa Rosa, believed to be the suspect in the restaurant robbery.
Hulbert was booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of felony robbery.