A man arrested Sunday confessed to a pair of convenience store robberies committed early Saturday morning.
Randall Smith Jr. is charged with two counts of felony robbery and a misdemeanor for resisting law enforcement.
Police responded at about 11:20 p.m. to the 2000 block of North Walnut Street.
Someone had reported a suspicious looking man, Bloomington Police Department Capt. Steve Kellams said.
One of the responding officers saw Smith standing at the south side of the McDonald’s on the 2300 block of North Walnut.
Smith fit the description of a man who allegedly attempted to rob the Circle K at 4405 E. Third St. and fled.
He was confronted by a clerk, then succeeded in robbing the Village Pantry at North Indiana Avenue and East 12th Street.
When the officer tried to confront Smith, he fled into the tree line, Kellams said.
The officer apprehended him, and Smith fought back before eventually being taken into custody.
He had in his possession a cell phone stolen from the clerk in the Village Pantry robbery.
Smith admitted to both robberies.
He was taken to the Monroe County Correctional Center, where he’s being held without bond.
Jack Evans
