Police ID Man Arrested In Payless Shoe Store Robbery
Police have identified the man arrested for robbing a Payless Shoe store Thursday night in the north metro and holding two workers hostage.
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Police have identified the man arrested for robbing a Payless Shoe store Thursday night in the north metro and holding two workers hostage.
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Police have taken a man into custody following a shoe store robbery and hostage situation in Coon Rapids. The incident happened at about 8:45 p.m. Thursday at a Payless Shoes store on the 8500 block of Springbrook Drive Northwest.
