Charges: Richard Daily threatened Blaine Walmart employees with gun before standoff, hostage situation
UPDATE: Charges were filed against the suspect Monday. What follows is a revised version of the original story.
ANOKA, Minn. – A suspected robber who police say held his girlfriend hostage inside a vehicle last week in Anoka is now facing criminal charges
Blaine police say officers tried to pull over and arrest 35-year-old Richard Shane Dailey II on April 5, after he was suspected of pulling a gun on loss prevention officers while shoplifting the previous evening at the Walmart on Ball Road in Blaine.
Police say Daily "rammed multiple squad cars" on the 600 block of East River Road in Anoka, leading to an hourslong standoff. He was eventually taken into custody that night. Police say no one was hurt.
On Monday, the Anoka County Attorney's Office charged Daily with one count of first-degree aggravated robbery and a count of illegal possession of a firearm in connection to the Walmart robbery.
According to the criminal complaint, Daily shoplifted from the store, and when two store officers confronted him as he was leaving, he allegedly told them "don't f---k with me," and then pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at them. Both officers backed away, and Daily left the scene.
He has a prior felony domestic assault conviction, which bars him from possessing any firearms.
If convicted, he could face up to 35 years in prison.
